Biographies of Chartered Geographers - Royal Geographical Society

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Chartered Geographers 

ADCOCK, Gavin 

I have sixteen years' experience as a specialist in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Cartography 

and Remote Sensing (RS) in Oil and Gas, Mining, national mapping agencies and Telematics industries. In 

addition to GIS analysis, extensive experience with GIS project management (contractors and team) and 

team leading. I have an in-depth knowledge of the ESRI GIS core product range, and ERDAS Imagine 

software. I have been working with GIS in various sectors of the Oil and Gas industry from 2001 until now. 

With upstream, downstream, design, FEED, pipelines and HSE. My areas of expertise are the creation, 

management and use of GIS data both for analysis and making maps. Plus providing results from 

investigations using this data. Also, the training with coaching/mentoring of colleagues and clients using GIS 

applications. This includes the processing of satellite images using an application called ERDAS Imagine. 

My skills are with the analysis of GIS data, management of it, managing team of technicians and I have a gift 

for organisation so usually end up troubleshooting and sorting out other peoples' mess. I am not a GIS 

programmer or developer, but can do customisation of the ESRI GIS application interface and make 

processing models for doing analytical work and data conversions. Extensive international experience 

having both lived and worked in: Canada- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia (10 years), 

Kazakhstan (4.5 years), Iceland (4 months), Egypt (1 week), Netherlands (4 days). Widely travelled to 25 

countries on four continents and counting. Lots left to see and do! 

AGUIS, Carol 

Carol is Manager Large-Scale Topographic Mapping with Malta’s National Mapping Agency within the Malta 

Environment & Planning Authority, where she is responsible for the production and maintenance of largescale 

topographic mapping products and portfolio. Carol also holds the position of Chair of the 

EuroGeographics Quality Exchange Network, a multinational network of experts from European National 

Mapping Agencies specialising in quality management and data quality. Carol’s career has been dedicated 

to cartography, geography and GIS since 1988. She earned various qualifications in mapping, surveying and 

GIS in Malta and also gained an MSc in Geographical Information Systems from Huddersfield in 2003. Carol 

actively promotes GIS in Malta; she is the co-founder of the Malta Association for Geographic Information 

and has been the Association Chair since 2004. 

ALCOCK, David 

David is Head of Geography, Humanities and UCAS Co-ordinator at Fulneck School in Leeds. David is Duke 

of Edinburgh Award scheme Leader at his school, and has been on two World Challenge trips. He has been 

an examiner at GCSE and GCE levels. David has a Masters in Human Geography and has had articles 

published in Geography review magazine. He is a member of the Leeds Geographical Association 

Committee and organised an inter-school debate on the Millennium Development Goals amongst other 

events. David has an impressive CPD record, excellent links with the GA and is extremely active in the 

geographical community. 

ALEXANDER, Pamela 

Pam is a non-executive Director of Crest Nicholson, a volume house-builder seeking to create quality 

neighbourhoods, and of the Academy of Urbanism as well a Trustee of the Design Council and of the 

Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd. From 2004-11 she was Chief Executive of the South East England 

Development Agency (SEEDA). Pam has an MA(Cantab) in Geography from Newnham College and her 

specialist interests since graduating have focused on housing, urban regeneration and economic 

development. She spent nearly 20 years at the Department of the Environment where she worked on local 

government finance, transport, inner city regeneration and housing policies then became Deputy Chief 

Executive of the Housing Corporation responsible for annual 2 billion of investment in social housing through 

housing associations. She was Chief Executive of English Heritage from 1997 to 2001 and briefly interim 

Director at the Churches Conservation Trust before moving to SEEDA in 2003. Pam was also Chair of the 

Peabody Trust from 2004 to 2009 and chaired regeneration partnerships across the south east of England. 

Pam was awarded an OBE for services to regeneration in the 2012 New Year's Honours List. 

ALLAWAY, Richard 

Richard is a Humanities and IB Geography Teacher at the International School of Geneva - Campus des 

Nations, prior to which he worked as a Geography Curriculum Leader at the International School of 

Toulouse in France and also as a Geography teacher in the UK. He has set up links with other international 

schools all over the world, which involve support for IB students, through various online projects. Richard 

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egularly leads school based inset, and provides external CPD through an educational consultancy and also 

independently. He consults for the International Baccalaureate Organization and has consulted for Oxfam, 

Sky Learning and Boardworks. His website can be found at www.geographyalltheway.com. 

ALLISON, Robert 

Bob is Professor of Geography and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex. He has a BA (Hons) 

from University of Hull and a PhD from King’s College London. He was at Durham University for many 

years, where his research focused on the interactions between materials, process and forms (geotechnics 

and failure mechanics of rock masses). Bob has received a number of awards for his work, including the 

Society’s Cuthbert Peek Award, the Jan De Ploey Prize (Katholieke Universitat Leuven) and the Charles 

Lyell Award (British Association for the Advancement of Science). Bob contributes to the work of a range of 

organisations; he both sits on and chairs a range of grant committees at the NERC, shortly becomes Chair 

of the British Society for Geomorphology and contributes in a variety of ways to the activities of the RGS- 

IBG. 

AMIN, Ash 

Ash is Professor of Geography and Head of Department at the University of Durham. He has a BA (Hons) in 

Italian Studies and a PhD in Geography, both from the University of Reading. Ash’s research focuses on 

varying aspects of the spatiality of contemporary economic, political and cultural change, such as regional 

development in Europe, the geography of Post-Fordism and globalisation, the geography of organisational 

learning, urban economic and political change, and the spatial politics of multi-ethnicity in both the UK and 

EU. Ash is a founding co-editor of the Review of International Political Economy, and co-edits City. He has 

been awarded the Society’s Edward Heath Award for Research on Europe, is an elected correspondent 

member of Società Geografica Italiana, and an elected academician of the Academy of Learned Societies 

for the Social Sciences. 

ARMSTRONG, Patrick 

After Graduating in Geography and Geology from the University of Durham, Patrick taught for 10 years at 

the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (the institution that later became Anglia Ruskin 

University), specialising in Biogeography and Ecology, for 'O' and 'A' level, and for London University and 

CNAA degrees in Geography. While so engaged he completed research for Masters (MA, Durham) and 

Doctoral (PhD, CNAA) degrees in Geography. On moving to Australia permanently in 1975, he lectured at 

the Department of Geography at the University of Western Australia until retirement from full-time teaching 

in 2004. Patrick served a term as Head of Department. His research areas have included the distribution of 

plants and animals; the ecology of remote islands; and the history of Geographical thought. He has 

published around 30 books and over 150 journal articles and papers. A special interest has been the life and 

work of Charles Darwin; he has approached this from a geographical point of view, undertaking field work in 

the localities visited by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle with photocopies of his field notes in hand, 

attempting to reconstruct his exact routes, locate the sites from whence he collected specimens, and explore 

his attitude to 'place'. Throughout his career Patrick has had an interest in the school-to-university transition, 

and has had role in curriculum development and examining for examinations boards in the UK, Australia, 

and internationally, in both Geography and Environmental Science subjects. He has been deputy chief 

examiner and chief examiner for the International Baccalaureate Organisation 1996-2010, and he served for 

four-and-a-half years on the IBO's Diploma Review Committee, the senior academic committee of the IBO. 

ARNOLD, Samantha 

Samantha specialises in Atmospheric Science. She is a graduate of Kings (BSc) and Queen Mary (PhD) 

colleges, London University, and has over 10 year experience in the field of atmospheric science. She joined 

Golder Associates in February 2005 with the aim of developing further the atmospherics business over 

complex terrain (including urban areas and industrial sites). Since then she has completed many air quality 

impact assessments for EIAs, planning and PPC applications. Samantha acts as an advisor for queries 

relating to meteorology and atmospheric dispersion modelling; is project manager for investigations involving 

atmospheric monitoring and modelling (including AERMOD, ADMS, ADMS roads and GASSIM); and writes 

and reviews reports pertaining to air dispersion and air quality (including traffic) for governmental bodies, 

university consortium and industry. 

ARTHURS, Lynn 

Lynn is a team leader of a Lands team in the Engineering & Environment division of Mouchel in Northern 

Ireland. This division is comprised of professionals and engineers within Acoustics, Air Quality, Consultation 

Management, Ecology, Environmental Assessment, Flooding, Geospatial Systems, Ground Engineering, 

Heritage, Landscape and Urban Design, Planning, Public Rights Of Way, Rail Engineering, Statutory 

Processes, Sustainability, Topographical Survey, Waste and Water Projects. Lynn has a PGCert in GIS and 

a BSc Hons with DAS in Geography. A Prince 2 recognised Project Manager, Lynn delivers the lands 

element of multi-disciplinary projects and brings them through the required Statutory Procedures. She has 


worked on a range of infrastructure projects in the production of Vesting Orders, Direction Orders, Planning 

Applications, Transport and Works Act applications, Scottish Parliamentary Bills and Highways Orders and 

in accordance with Environmental and Planning legislation. She is currently a Fellow of the Royal 

Geographical Society and Secretary of the RGS NI regional volunteer committee where she is playing an 

active role in establishing the RGS in the NI region. 

ASHBY, Michael 

Michael is Head of Geography at the Latymer Upper School in London, having previously worked as a Head 

of Geography at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. During his teaching career Michael has been 

involved in a variety of projects including raising funds for his geography department from Beacon School 

funding, setting up a link with a school in Kenya, organising Royal Geographical Society lectures, organising 

three Worldwise Annual quizzes on behalf of his local Geographical Association branch and also 

participating in the RGS-IBG Ambassadors Scheme. Michael has been awarded the OCR Offsite Safety 

Management accreditation and also has a Masters in Geography from King's College London. He has spent 

many years working with the RGS-IBG as a member of the Secondary Education Programmes Advisory 

Group and also the Education Committee. In 2009 he was elected onto the Council of the RGS-IBG as 

Ordinary Member for Education. In 2011 he was Honorary Secretary (Education). He was also the Secretary 

for the International Committee of the Geographical Association for several years. He has extensive 

fieldwork and CPD experience, and has also worked in an advisory teacher role for channel 4. He has 

published papers on several topics including overseas fieldwork, migration and megacities, structural 

adjustment and economic geography with a particular focus on East and South East Asia. 

ASHELFORD, Tim 

Since March 2011 Tim has been with the UK Location Programme, coordinating publishers’ provision of 

data and services to the EU INSPIRE project. Tim has an honours degree in Geography from the University 

of Liverpool. He started working for the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in 1986 where he 

conducted land classification surveys, to support natural resource protection policies. Tim became head of 

the northern field survey team in 1994 and was required to act as MAFF’s expert witness in land use 

planning inquiries. Tim also led the team that established the upland environmental monitoring baseline for 

MAFF’s agri environment scheme in the Lake District in 1993. Tim also led the survey team who in 6 months 

produced a detailed and definitive map of the extent of moorland in northern England. This work required the 

assessment of over 200,000 km2 of difficult to access land. This moorland map provided the basis of the so 

called right to roam open access land, following the countryside and rights of Way Act 2000. In 1998 Tim 

joined MAFF’s national Geographic Information Unit where he was responsible for developing a range of 

geographic products to assist MAFFs’ rural development remit. Between 2001 and 2011 Tim was a Senior 

Research Officer at Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2005 he established England’s 

only regional rural observatory – the Yorkshire and Humber Rural Observatory. The Observatory’s 

publications provided an objective evidence base to inform rural development activity. 

ASPINALL, Richard 

Richard was appointed Chief Executive of the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen in September 2006 where he 

previously worked from 1987 to 1997 on a wide variety of land use topics. He spent the intervening nine 

years in the USA where he was Director of the Geographic Information and Analysis Centre (GIAC) and 

Professor of Geography in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University, then Professor 

and Chair of the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. He was also the Director of 

the Geography and Regional Science Program for the National Science Foundation between 2001 and 

2003. His research interests include developing generic methodologies for environmental modelling and 

spatial analysis that support the investigation and geographic analysis of environmental issues (GIS 

including data quality, error analysis, developing the application of spatial analysis and integrating 

environmental models with GIS), land use and land cover change, and coupled analysis of human and 

natural systems. 

ASTON, Ben 

Ben is a graduate of Durham (BSc), Royal Holloway and UCL (MSc) and the University of Wales, 

Aberystwyth (PhD). Ben specialises in palaeoclimate research, focusing his academic research on 

understanding the relationships between global climate and local environment, with particular focus on water 

resources. Ben’s PhD investigated changes in Holocene Monsoon strength in Mexico, through the use of 

oxygen isotope proxies from within diatom silica. Ben joined Arup in July 2008 with the aim of applying 

climate science in a corporate context. Since joining, Ben has project managed EIAs and EPR applications, 

as well as working with local government on policy reviews relating to climate change. 

ATKINSON, Bruce 

B. W. Atkinson is Professor Emeritus of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. His main research 

interests have focused on meso-scale meteorology, particularly numerical modelling of airflows in the 


planetary boundary layer. He has been awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Medal of the Royal Meteorological 

society and the Back Award of the RGS-IBG. He has been Editor of Weather, a member of the editorial 

board of the Geographical Journal and is Managing Editor of Progress in Physical Geography. 

ATKINSON, David 

David is Assistant Headteacher (Director of Sixth Form) at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham 

having previously been Head of Geography at the same school. He has been involved in enhancing the ICT 

provision within Geography for many years, and has a particular interest in the movement of students from 

school to Higher Education in Geography and other environmental disciplines. 

ATKINSON, Dominic 

Dominic is Head of Geography at Gresham’s School in Norfolk, prior to which he taught at a school in 

London. He is a mentor to colleagues in his department, and delivers internal inset. Dominic is the Duke of 

Edinburgh manager at his school, and has had several articles published in GeoActive. He has strong links 

with the GA and also with schools in his local area. He is also an examiner. 

ATTERTON, Garry 

Garry is now an Advanced Skills Teacher in Geography after working for many years as head of Geography 

and Humanities at The Castle School Thornbury. Garry studied at The College of St. Paul and St. Mary in 

Cheltenham and the University of Bath. Garry helped the Geography department to be one of the first in the 

country to gain the GA Centre of Excellence award. He is geography consultant for the GA, the President of 

the Bristol branch of the GA and a final assessor for CGeog. Garry organises CPD opportunities for Primary 

and Secondary teachers in the Bristol region. He has developed excellent links with the GA, RGS and the 

Universities of the West of England and Bristol. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Mark 

Mark graduated in 1987 with an Upper Second Class Honours Degree from University College London and 

also has a degree in Town and Country Planning (with distinction) from the University of the West of 

England. Previously he was Senior Director for a national town planning and development consultancy 

based in Bristol where he worked for over 20 years. Mark moved to Baiona, near Vigo, in Galicia, Spain and 

is a shareholder of MyDestination.com, a network of travel related websites. Mark, who speaks Spanish, 

runs the Galician website (see www.mydestination.com/galicia) promoting this region as a tourist/leisure 

destination. You can find Mark and his business easily on Facebook and Twitter as well as YouTube. 

BAILEY, Rachael 

Rachael Bailey is a Principal Environmental Consultant at Parson's Brinkerhoff, with over eleven years 

experience in undertaking Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA's), Environmental Planning Studies, 

Sustainability Studies and Environmental Due Diligence Technical Advisory Reviews. She has established a 

comprehensive Equator Principle (EP) capability, a set of environmental and social benchmarks for 

managing environmental and social issues in development project finance globally, having undertaken EP 

reviews, published advice and provided training for financial institutions that were founder members of the 

EPs. 

BAKER, Angela 

Angela is the Community Programmes Manager for Esri UK and has been in post since 2007. Her role 

focuses on promoting and enabling the use of Geography and GI through the Tertiary, Charity and 

Community sectors. She has a MA in Human Geography from Aberdeen University, which included an 

exchange year at the University of Guelph in Canada, and an MSc in Cartography and Geo-information 

Technology from Glasgow University. At Glasgow she developed an interest in map design and her thesis 

focussed on the design of maps for use in a regional atlas. She went on to work in the Cartography 

Department of HarperCollins Publishers as they developed the Times Comprehensive Atlas digitally for the 

first time. Angela moved into more mainstream GIS work at West of Scotland Water then Shell Exploration 

and Production before taking up a post as Deputy Director of the Association for Geographic Information 

(AGI). Angela currently sits on the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Council. 

BAKER, Paul 

Paul was Geography teacher for 38 years in a variety of Schools before retiring in 2008 from teaching. His 

geography teaching was from KS 2 through to A Level and he was Head of Geography Departments in 3 

Schools. He has been Chair of the Independent School’s Special Interest Group of the Geographical 

Association for the past 11 years and is in this post until 2013. He is a member of the GA Educational 

Committee and he runs Geography Cluster Groups for the GA promoting good geography and keeping 

teachers involved in improving their teaching and resources through a series of these CPD events. 

He is a well know explorer having taken hundreds of pupils overseas as well as in the UK during the last 30 

years. Expeditions to Wales, Scotland, Borneo, Brazil, Kenya, Morocco, France and India are some of the 


destinations and his believe in improving geographical awareness through expeditions and fieldwork has 

allowed many pupils to be inspired to discover geography and continue their studies at university. 

Paul now also works as a PGCE tutor for the University of Buckingham, a Mentor for NQT’s, and as a 

Consultant Geographer. His work for the GA Oxford Branch in Oxford and in organising Cluster Groups has 

allowed him to help both teachers and pupils hear from experienced Geographers so allowing them to 

improve their knowledge, skills and understanding. He regularly attends Monday night lectures at the RGS 

and still has time for a weekly round of golf. 

BALMBRA, Vanessa 

Vanessa studied towards her BSc in Mathematics and Environmental Conservation Management at 

Nottingham Trent University, before specialising in Hydroinformatics and Management systems at the 

University of Newcastle. Since graduating in 2004, she has worked for JBA Consulting as an analyst in their 

Environmental Risk and Research Group, where she has been involved in the project management of 

national scale projects including the preparation of national flood mapping datasets. These projects have 

led to Vanessa gaining many years of experience in GIS related projects, floodplain mapping and 3D 

visualisation. 

BALTHASAR, Brigitte 

Brigitte Balthasar currently works as a catastrophe risk analyst at Willis, a global insurance broker. She 

undertakes risk analyses to assess the risk to governments, insurers and communities from extreme events 

such as earthquakes, floods and storms. Moreover she coordinates global risk assessment and impact 

studies of the Willis Research Network (www.willisresearchnetwork.com), the world's largest partnership 

between academia and the insurance industry. The network is dedicated to evaluating the frequency, 

severity and impact of extreme events and helping society at local and global scales to manage these risks 

and share the costs of major catastrophes via public and private sector approaches. Before joining the 

insurance industry, Brigitte was a high school teacher of maths and geography in Germany with special 

focus on bilingual education and intercultural learning. During her academic career at the University of 

Freiburg, Germany, she focused her studies on human geography, namely working on corporate 

governance and business ethics of transnational corporations in developing countries. Besides her studies 

she got involved in the faculty's council to promote Geography and develop the reform to Bachelor and 

Master programmes from the former Diploma and Magister. 

BARKER, Melanie 

Melanie is Assistant Headteacher at Highfields School in Matlock, where she was originally appointed as 

Head of Geography. She has a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Sussex and a Geography 

PGCE from the University of Oxford. Throughout her career Melanie has attended numerous geography 

based CPD events, run workshops for organisations such as the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, 

Oxfordshire Heads of Geography Conference and the European Environmental Network, developed a 

residential field study programme based on Purbeck, worked with the TDA, been a mentor to student 

teachers and was also awarded a fellowship to Sri Lanka to work on a project studying monkeys by 

Earthwatch. 

BARR, Bob 

Throughout his career, Bob has been an applied geographer, interested in the use of computers for the 

management of urban and social information. Educated at Durham, Keele, Manchester and UCSB 

California, he worked for thirty years at the University of Manchester in adult education, lecturing in GIS and 

as Director of the Manchester Regional Research Laboratory. He took early retirement in 2005 to spend 

more time with Manchester Geomatics, the university spin out company, which he formed out of MRRL, 

where he is Chairman. In 2006 he was elected to Warrington Borough Council where he is Executive Board 

Member with responsibility for Planning, Regeneration and Housing. Bob was awarded an OBE for services 

to Geography in the New Year Honours 2008. 

BARRETT, Hazel 

Hazel is Professor of Development Geography and Head of the Department of Geography, Environment and 

Disaster Management at Coventry University. She has a BA (Hons) degree in geography from Sussex 

University (School of African and Asian Studies). She has an MA in West African Studies from the University 

of Birmingham, where she also completed her PhD. Her main research interest is rural development in sub- 

Saharan Africa, especially food systems and marketing, gender, health and human development. She has 

paid special attention to the impacts of HIV/AIDS on development in the region. She has expertise in 

participatory methodologies including Participatory Action Methods. Recently her research has focused on 

issues associated with the African diaspora in the UK and Europe. She has received external research 

funding from the Nuffield Foundation, ESRC, DfID and EU. She has supervised a number of PhD students 

and teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate modules on development issues and research methods. 

She runs an annual field class to The Gambia. Hazel has been a long standing member of the Geographical 


Association, and was Honorary Editor of Geography for six years. In 2008 her research was recognised 

when she was awarded the Geographical Association's accolade for 'Leading Excellence in Geography'. 

BATEMAN, Richard 

Richard was an Advanced Skills Teacher from Sir Bernard Lovell School in South Gloucestershire, before 

his retirement in 2008. Richard has gained a wealth of experience during his forty years in the classroom, 

including authoring a children’s geography book and many articles for ‘Teaching Geography’ journal. He has 

co-written a series of secondary textbooks based on geography and other curriculum subjects such as ICT, 

and is an active member of the Geographical Association and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. 

He has also worked with Teacher’s TV to develop a programme on fieldwork, mapping and ICT. 

BATEY, Peter 

Peter graduated in Geography from the University of Sheffield in 1969 and went on to take the Master of 

Civic Design in Planning at the University of Liverpool in 1971. His PhD (Liverpool, 1985) is in Regional 

Science. After a spell working as a planner in local government in North West England, he returned as a 

Lecturer in the Department of Civic Design at Liverpool in 1975. He became Lever Professor of Town and 

Regional Planning in 1989, the post he still holds. He has been a Co-Editor of the Town Planning Review 

since 1992. His research interests are in urban and regional analysis and planning methodology, particularly 

in the fields of geodemographics and regional demographic-economic modelling. He was a Fulbright Scholar 

at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981-82. He served as World President of the Regional 

Science Association International in 1997-98. Peter was appointed by the UK Government as independent 

Chairman of the Mersey Basin Campaign in 2004 and completes a six-year term of office in 2010 when the 

Campaign itself ends. He was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2000 and in 

2006 he was elected a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International. 

BAYLISS, Timothy 

Tim Bayliss is Senior Sixth Form Tutor at Lincoln Minster School. Formerly Head of Geography at Hull High 

School, he has taught for over 20 years in both the maintained and independent sectors. A regular 

contributor to GeoFile Online (Nelson Thornes) he continues in active research. Other publications include 

generic Advanced level and GCSE Geography textbooks for Oxford University Press. Current projects 

centre on the development of differentiated teaching strategies and resources, and staff training 

methodologies, for interactive electronic whiteboards. He is invited, frequently, to demonstrate best practice 

in the use of this exciting technology. 

BAYRAMOV, Emil 

Emil Bayramov is the professional with 12 years of work experience in the fields of Geographical Information 

Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry. Emil applied his GIS, Remote Sensing and 

Photogrammetry knowledge and experience in oil and gas, environmental, urban design and planning, 

engineering, construction, land management and emergency response fields. Emil holds the Master’s 

Degree in Geographical Information Science from Lund University in Sweden and the second Master’s 

Degree with Honour in Landscape Studies from Baku State University in Azerbaijan. Emil holds Bachelor’s 

Degree in Geography with Honour. Nowadays Emil studies for his Ph.D. degree in Natural Sciences at 

Institute of Cartography of Dresden University of Technology. Moreover Emil Bayramov was a winner of 

Fulbright-Hubert Humphrey Fellowship 2007-2008 and spent one year for the academic and professional 

development in GIS for Urban and Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Starting 

from 2008, Emil works for the British Petroleum (BP) on the position of the GIS Coordinator of BTC, SCP 

and WREP Export Oil and Gas Pipelines. Prior to BP, Emil worked for the private scientific sector in the role 

of international consultant under the World Bank, SIDA, JICA, SECO and ADB projects for the development 

of GIS based unified cadastre and land registration systems in Azerbaijan and other Former Soviet 

Countries. Emil started his GIS and Digital Mapping experience at the State Committee of Land and 

Cartography in Azerbaijan. 

BESWICK, David 

After graduating with a BSc in Land Surveying and Mapping Sciences David went to work for Racal where 

he worked as a Surveyor/Project Manager, whilst obtaining a Diploma and MSc at the same time. He then 

moved to Cadcorp in 1995 where he worked as a Developer and Pre-sales GIS Specialist. His next two 

roles were spent with the Sema Group and GE Network Solutions before he moved to MDA as a System 

Analyst in 2003. He is responsible for capturing data, system and business requirements, designing 

corporate strategy, system architecture, solution design and implementation. He has ten years experience in 

GIS with much of the last six years spent as a GIS consultant and architect. 

BIEBRACH, Thomas 

Thomas is currently Head of Geography at Howells School, Llandaff. Prior to this he was a Geography 

Teacher at Pencoed Comprehensive School in Bridgend, where he worked for over 10 years. He was a tutor 


and mentor to PGCE students at the Swansea School of Education, and has links with various universities 

and schools, both in the UK and in countries such as Zambia. He is currently Chair of the Geographical 

Association Secondary Phase Committee, and has also helped the GA by piloting the Secondary 

Geography Quality Mark. He has been involved in numerous projects and has produced a variety of 

resources with teachers from other schools. Thomas has completed an MA in Geographical Education, with 

research centred on Controlled Assessment. 

BIRCHALL, Gary 

Gary is a Criminal Intelligence Analyst with South Yorkshire Police. He has a Master’s Degree in Criminal 

Intelligence Analysis at Manchester and has assisted in the development of a GIS software extension 

specifically geared towards the analysis of crime related data in a spatial context. 

BIRD, Norman 

Norman is a qualified Civil Engineer with an MSc in GIS (Geographical Information Systems) from MMU 

(Manchester Metropolitan University). He is a chartered (incorporated) engineer and an Associate Member 

of the Institute of Civil Engineers (AMICE). Norman joined the nuclear industry from a major projects 

contractor in the construction industry in 1980, initially with UKAEA and latterly with BNFL and is the leading 

technical specialist in Security, Assurance and GIS. 

BLACK, Sarah 

Sarah is a Geography AST at The Friary School in Staffordshire. As part of her AST work Sarah participates 

in outreach to local schools, sharing knowledge, ideas and making recommendations. She has delivered 

inset in other schools and also to ITT students and the University of Birmingham. Alongside the Advisor for 

Geography in Staffordshire, Sarah delivered a course for non-specialists providing lesson ideas, resources 

and support. Her website can be found at http://www.thegeographyclinic.co.uk/ 

BLACKWELL, Ross 

Ross is currently a Senior Teacher at The James Young High School in Edinburgh. He is part of the West 

Lothian Consortium of geography teachers, who meet twice a year. Ross has worked towards Chartered 

Teacher status in Scotland and is a Duke of Edinburgh Leader. 

BLAKE, Kato 

Kato is Assistant Head, Head of Geography and Educational Visits Co-ordinator at South Hampstead High 

School. He has a BSc in Geography and a PGCE in Secondary Geography from Exeter University and a 

PGC in Geography in Education from the University of London. He is part of the RGS Geography working 

group which is reviewing the National Curriculum. His professional interests include glacial geomorphology 

and climate and he has visited Iceland fourteen times, sometimes on his own, researching the avalanches in 

Neskaupstaður, Suðavík and Flateyri, and sometimes as a guide, introducing over three hundred 

schoolchildren to Iceland. He has written for PSHE and Citizenship on the links between geography and 

citizenship. He has presented the sceptical view of man-made global warming for the Geographical 

Association. His annual lecture on the geographical significance of Eurovision prompted an article in The 

Independent. He is currently researching the memorialisation of disasters in communities. 

BONNICI, Michael 

Michael is a Seismic Field Representative for StatOil in Eastern Libya. He has been working in Libya since 

1992 and is a fluent speaker of Arabic, as well as Italian, Maltese and English. His role requires him to 

design and build a detailed GIS database of finds in the area whilst combating logistical problems such as 

minefields and archaeological sites. Previous to working for StatOil, Michael worked for Nageco. Joining 

them in 1992 as a Head Surveyor he specialised in GPS surveying methodologies and data quality control. 

In 2004 Michael was made a Crew Supervisor with his responsibilities including the acquisition of high 

quality data to present to respective clients. 

BOWDEN, Desmond 

Des is Head of Science and Geography at Newman College of Higher Education. He has a BA (Hons) in 

Geography with Geology, a PGCE from University of Southampton, a Postgraduate Diploma in Quantitative 

Methods and Concepts in Geography, and a PhD in Tropical Soils and Landforms from University College 

London. In addition to lecturing Des has carried out research in Malawi, The Gambia and India. He produces 

geography-based curriculum resource materials for primary schools, works to promote the value of 

geography in primary schools and runs a number of fieldtrips. 

BOWLES, Rachel 

Rachel was a Senior Lecturer and is currently Honorary Research Associate in the School of Education at 

the University of Greenwich and Coordinator and Editor for the Register of Research in Primary Geography. 

She has a BSc in Geography from University of London, an MSc in Geomorphology from University of Hull 


and a PGCE from the Institute of Education London She began teaching at The Latymer School before 

joining Edge Hill College, Ormskirk to develop B.Ed teaching. She then moved to Avery Hill College, now 

part of University of Greenwich and latterly has concentrated upon Primary Geographical Education. Her 

research interests focus upon children's understanding of their local area. She regularly contributes articles, 

chapters, develops teaching resources and contributes conference papers at all levels on both primary 

geography and ICT. She was a consultant with QCA, and has worked with TTA and DfES. She is an active 

Long Serving Fellow of RGS-IBG and received Hon.FRGS status in June 2009 for her services to education. 

She is a member of GA committees, a GA consultant, involved with the GA professional network and was 

made an Honorary GA member in 2011. She is also a corresponding member of the IGU Commission for 

Geography Education British Sub-Committee and the GA ICT Special Interest Group. 

BRANSON, Julia 

Julia is a geospatial business analyst at the GeoData Institute, a research / consultancy unit at the University 

of Southampton. Her main role is assessing the geospatial data management requirements for external 

groups (government departments, agencies, charities, NGOs and commercial sector). During her 16 years 

at the Institute she has been involved in a wide variety of research and consultancy projects in the UK and 

overseas, specialising in environmental data management, analysis and processing, and data standards. 

BRIGGS, Barnaby 

Barnaby is the Strategic Relations Manager for Shell International. Prior to this he ran the Social 

Performance Unit, creating social policy for Shell, and helping to implement this policy in some of the 

challenging places that Shell operates in, including Nigeria, Sakhalin and Alaska. He was previously the 

Issues Manager for Shell Chemicals Ltd, with projects in Louisiana, Brazil, the Philippines and China. He 

has a Geography degree from King’s College, London. He has been involved in a number of international 

organisations, working for the Dhammanaat Rural Conservation and Development Project in Thailand, for 

Shell International Petroleum Company as an environmental affairs and societal change analyst, for the 

RSPB as energy and transport policy officer, and for ERM Ltd as a consultant. 

BRIGGS, Zoe 

Zoe has worked for British Waterways since 2003. She started as GIS Assistant at British Waterways (BW) 

Midlands and South West Region and has worked her way up to Geographic Information System (GIS) 

Team Leader, managing a team of two, covering the Technical and Operations Directorates. She has been 

instrumental in helping GIS move forward within British Waterways, enthusiastically showing colleagues how 

it can benefit them in their roles. Zoe has a BSc in Physical Geography from University of Hull and MSc 

Geographical Information Systems from University of Nottingham. 

BRIMICOMBE, Allan 

Allan is Professor and Head of the Centre for Geo-Information Studies at University of East London. He has 

a Geography degree from Sheffield University, an MPhil in Applied Geomorphology and a PhD in 

Geographical Information Systems, both from the University of Hong Kong. Allan started his career as an 

engineering geomorphologist in Hong Kong, Malaysia and China during which he progressively focused on 

GIS and environmental modelling. Allan moved from private practice into academia to focus on research and 

curriculum development. In his current post, Allan concentrates on research and consultancy in data 

integration, analysis and modelling for both public and private sector organisations and in applications of 

geo-information engineering such as location-based services. 

BROOKES, Andrew 

Andrew is an Associate at Gifford and Partners working as an environmental scientist. He has a Geography 

degree and PhD (a CASE studentship with the Freshwater Biological Association) from University of 

Southampton. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in research, private practice and government 

agencies. He has considerable experience and expertise in the development of sustainable solutions to 

environmental challenges, of EIA work and restoration and protection of river ecosystems. Andrew has 

worked for the Environmental Agency, National Rivers Authority, Thames Water and has been a research 

fellow at University of Wales and Ministry of Environment, Silkeborg, Denmark. 

BROOKS, Clare 

Clare is currently a Lecturer in Geography Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, 

where she leads the MA in Geography Education and the Geography PGCE. Clare has a PGCE in 

secondary geography, an MA in Geography in Education and a PhD. Before working at the Institute, Clare 

was a Head of Geography in London. Clare had had a range of papers and articles published, and is also 

the co-author of the Geotext Key Stage 3 geography textbook series. She is the editor of GeogEd (an online 

journal for GTiP), and an honorary website editor for the Geographical Association. She is a member of 

various committees and groups, and is also an external examiner for other PGCE courses. She has 


participated in and led a variety of inset and CPD opportunities, and is an active Geographical Association 

member. 

BROWN, Anne 

Anne is currently a Geography Teacher at Derby High School, prior to this it was Moreton Hall School in 

Oswestry. Anne began her teaching career in Australia, where she also gained a degree in Geography. 

Anne was on the executive committee of the South Australian Geography Teachers’ Association for number 

of years before moving to this country. She is a former Principal Moderator for A Level Geography and is on 

the North Staffordshire GA Committee. She has had extensive teaching and examining experience and is 

interested in food supply issues and hazard resilience modelling at an academic level. 

BROWN, Robert 

Robert is a Remote Sensing Analyst, currently working with an oil company in Kazakhstan. He has a wide 

variety of UK and international experience, particularly in the use of satellite imagery and GIS for 

environmental and agricultural monitoring and mapping. He worked as a Remote Sensing and GIS 

consultant in the UK and in Argentina before setting up independently in 2001. He is also an authorized 

ESRI GIS Instructor. Robert earned a BSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia and 

an MSc in Applied Remote Sensing from Cranfield University. 

BURCHFIELD, Robin 

Robin is an independent GI specialist/consultant, currently working on a project to implement a public 

security GIS portal, for use by multi-agencies during the 2012 Olympic Games. Previously, he held the role 

of GIS, Mapping and Gazetteer lead for Surrey Police. This role involved supporting the force with all its 

spatial information needs and providing guidance and consultancy to business leaders in order to help them 

with their strategic decision making. This employment was for nine years and previous to this worked a 

short spell with Southern Water as GIS Technician. Prior to employment, Robin gained a BSc (Hons) in 

Mapping Science and spent some months partaking in voluntary work in West Africa. Robin is currently an 

active member within the UK's Geocommunity and has an insatiable interest in all things geographical. 

Robin was awarded CGeog status in June 2009. www.spatialawareness.net 

BUSH, Ian 

Having originally trained in Geographic Techniques and Cartography (1977), I quickly got involved in 

engineering, land, and hydrographic surveying putting my surveying and mapping skills to use on 

engineering and/or environmental projects in remote locations around the world. During this time I was 

involved in developing software and methodologies to enhance automated cartography, 3-dimensional 

modelling, engineering design and GIS. In 1989 I joined Binnie & Partners with the specific aim of 

establishing a group capable of offering advanced geospatial services using the latest computer technology, 

to both internal and external clients. During this time I pioneered the use of GIS and associated tools for 

dam break analysis, flood mapping, settlement due to mining and pollutant dispersion. This work culminated 

in 2005 with the successful completion of the £15M Mapping Access Land in England Project for the 

Countryside Agency for which I was Technical Director. In December 2005, this project was winner of the 

Information Management (IM2005) GIS Project Prize and the prestigious overall Premier Project Award - 

clearly signalling that GIS was a part of mainstream IT and how the application of geospatial tools and 

methodologies could have real social and business benefits. In 2006, I joined MWH to help establish the 

Business Solutions Group, offering consulting services, IT systems and advanced geospatial analysis in the 

area of Asset Information Management for Utilities. I am a member of the joint ICE/ICES Geospatial 

Engineering Board and the GIS Practise Lead for the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. 

As a specialist in the field of geomatics, I am passionate and enthusiastic about geographic information and 

Information Technology and how, when used pragmatically and appropriately, they can deliver real 

improvements in business efficiency and facilitate effective decision making. 

BUTLER, John 

John has been teaching geography since 1969. At present he is Director of Studies and International 

Baccalaureate Diploma Coordinator at Walford Anglican School for Girls in South Australia where has 

worked as a Senior Geography Teacher since 1984. He has an Honours Degree from the University of 

Adelaide, a Graduate Diploma in Curriculum Development and is the (co-)author of 25 popular textbooks in 

Australia. John is a member of the Geography Teachers Association of South Australia, and was President 

between 1977 and 1980. He has won numerous awards including most recently the Medal of the Order of 

Australia for services to education, particularly geography. He has recently been elected to Council of the 

Royal Geographical Society (South Australian branch). 


BUTLIN, Robin 

Robin is Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Leeds, where he was previously Professor of 

Historical Geography. He has a BA and MA in Geography from the University of Liverpool and a DLitt from 

Loughborough University for published research in historical geography. He held posts in Geography at the 

University of Keele, University College, Dublin, Queen Mary College, University of London, and was for 

sixteen years Professor of Geography at Loughborough University. His main teaching and research interests 

are in the field of historical geography, including changes in rural and urban landscapes of England and 

Ireland, Palestine in the early modern/modern period, wetland reclamation, and geographies of European 

imperialism. Robin was a Vice-President of the RGS-IBG (1995-1998) and was awarded the Society's 

Victoria Medal in 1999 for research in historical geography. He was awarded an OBE for services to 

Geography in the 2004 New Year's Honours List. 

BYRNE, Richard 

Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Countryside Management at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire. 

He has a BSc in Environmental Studies, an MSc in Rural Resource Management and a PhD in Geography 

for which he examined the landuse and landscape impact of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. 

His academic interests lie in exploring and understanding the interactions in the countryside and their 

implications for resource management and his current research is catered on rural crime issues. At present, 

Richard’s current undergraduate and postgraduate teaching is focussed on the human-environment 

interface and its resultant impacts and the evaluation of appropriate management strategies. This includes 

teaching courses on countryside recreation and land management, visitor management, landscape 

management and countryside interpretation. 

CAMPBELL Wendy 

Wendy graduated with a BA Honours in Geography from the University of Strathclyde, before completing an 

MSc by research in GIS at the University of Edinburgh. Since graduating in 2006 she has specialised in GIS 

and worked for a range of employers including a Local Authority, a water company and a fire and rescue 

service before she moved into the renewable energy sector. She has a strong background in the 

development and management of GIS systems and has successfully translated business requirements into 

working solutions. Her work has involved reviewing systems and requirements, making recommendations 

for GIS development and subsequently implementing these. Other day to day tasks also include GIS 

analysis for high profile projects, preparing budgets, quality assurance, liaising with internal and external 

stakeholders, technical support and training. 

CANNINGS, John 

John is a teacher at the Intercommunity School in Switzerland. John has a BA from the University of 

Western Australia, a B Ed from Edith Cowan University, Australia and an MA from University of Bath, UK. 

He has been teaching at Intercommunity School in Zurich since 1994. Prior to this he taught in the UK and 

Australia. John has several publications and has organised workshops and events at his school. John also 

produces a magazine to accompany this conference. Outside of his work as a teacher, John has been 

involved with organising a pre-conference workshop on Globalisation, has presented at the ECIS and 

organised meetings with other teachers in the Swiss Group of International Schools. 

CAREY, Jon 

Jon is a Soil Mechanics Scientist at GNS Science in New Zealand. Previously, he was a Consultant 

Engineering Geomorphologist at Halcrow Group Ltd. He has a BSc honours degree in Geography and MSc 

in Geomorphology and Environmental Change from Durham University. He is experienced in undertaking 

specialist geomorphological and geohazard investigations to assess ground conditions for engineering 

projects in variety of environments; both in the UK and abroad. Jon studied for a PhD at the International 

Landslide Centre, Durham University and researched mechanisms of progressive landslide failure to 

develop novel methods for forecasting and managing future landslide behaviour. 

CARTER, Ross 

Ross Carter is an experienced GIS specialist currently working for Arup. He was introduced to GIS during 

his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Hertfordshire in the early 1990s, and 

undertook a year placement researching its use together with remote sensing in tropical rainforest 

management. Since then Ross has obtained a MSc in GIS from Edinburgh and has worked in the public, 

private, and academic sectors in the UK and overseas. Projects of note include mapping the 2001 spread of 

foot and mouth in the UK, researching links between water quality and health in New Zealand, data 

management for the Defra Spatial Information Services project, and mapping the potential for carbon 

capture and storage in Europe. He has been actively involved with the Association for Geographic 

Information (AGI) for many years, including its Environmental Special Interest Group, the AGI Northern 

Group and currently as an AGI Council Member. 


CARUTH, Jim 

I am a Geospatial Analyst at the Defence Geographic Centre, Ministry of Defence, where I have worked 

since 1973. I have worked in a wide range of activities in providing geospatial support to MOD for 

Operations, Training and Planning. These include the analysis of maps for accuracy and content, the 

preparation of source materials for map production and writing instructions on their use, geographic names 

and boundaries, international liaison in the geospatial field and the production of maps and charts and other 

geospatial data. I am currently Head of the Geospatial Library at DGC. I have a BSc in Geography from the 

University of London and an MSc (Econ) from Imperial College and I am a Fellow of the British Cartographic 

Society. 

CASSIDY, Anthony 

Anthony is a Teacher of Humanities at Kirk Hallam Community Technology and Sports College in 

Derbyshire, with additional responsibility for Teaching and Learning. Anthony has an impressive amount of 

experience in geography education including running various websites and blogs, running online meetings 

for geography educators, working as a GA Teacher Consultant and member of their Secondary Phase 

Committee, mentoring PGCE students, moderator for the SLN forum, publishing various resources including 

the online ProQuest Learning, has authored several books and articles and participated in and presented a 

wide variety of CPD. 

CHALKLEY, Brian 

Brian is Professor of Geography in Higher Education at University of Plymouth and Director of LTSN Subject 

Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (LTSN-GEES). Brian has a Geography degree 

from University of Leeds and a PhD in Geography from University of Southampton. Brian’s research 

interests include geographical education, the geography of school catchments and the urban impact of 

major sporting events. Brian has been influential in developing the curriculum at Plymouth and in providing 

quality assurance, including working with HEFCE and TQA. Brian was also Director of the FDTL SEED 

project between 1997 and 1999, which was funded by HEFCE. 

CHAMBERS, Robert 

Robert is currently an AST with responsibility for ICT across the curriculum and also a teacher of geography 

and travel and tourism at St Ivo School in St Ives. He has a BSc in Geography from the University of 

Birmingham and a PGCE from Cambridge University. Robert has been a member of the Geographical 

Association since his career began, and his work has been referred to in their journal ‘Teaching Geography’. 

He runs the successful online portal www.geobytes.org.uk, and has received a variety of grants and 

bursaries for his work (including the RGS-IBG Innovative Geography Teaching Grant for the ‘Geography of 

Happiness’ project). He runs annual fieldtrips to New York and Iceland, and is involved in numerous working 

parties. His CPD and inset contributions are substantial, and he has also mentored PGCE students. 

CHILTON, Tim 

Tim is a Principal GIS Consultant at Atkins Limited. The post involves the application of GIS and information 

management to a wide variety of large infrastructure projects including the London 2012 Olympic Park and 

planning and development work in the United Arab Emirates. He also supports communities internal to 

Atkins that encourage the sharing of GIS and information management knowledge and skills around the 

company. In addition Tim chairs a local resident environment group called the Epsom and Ewell Energy 

Group (http://www.epsom-ewellenergy.org.uk) which aims to encourage local residents to be more energy 

efficient. This is achieved through sharing knowledge on a wide range of energy topics and advising 

residents of funding opportunities for their homes and businesses. Tim has an MSc in GIS and BSc in 

Geography from the University of Nottingham. 

CLEMENS, Robert 

Rob is Head of Humanities at West Exe Technology College, Exeter in Devon. He is an examiner for OCR 

and currently leads a team examining the A syllabus at GCSE. He also works with Pearson Publishing and 

has published a textbook for OCR 'A', revision guide for OCR 'B', and is currently working on some new web 

based material to be published soon. He is a keen geographer and looks to develop and share best practice 

of teaching and also learning geography whenever he can. He currently runs the local geography group 

which sees schools in the area putting on joint events for groups of geography students. He has built links 

with a school near Gulu in Uganda and students in the school he teaches learn about this area of our world. 

CLIFFORD, Nicholas 

Nicholas is Professor of River Science in the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. He has a BA 

in Geography, a PGCE, an MA and a PhD all from University of Cambridge. Nicholas' core research lies in 

the field of fluvial geomorphology: the study of river forms and processes, including sediment transport and 


storage. Nicholas developed the HARRP group at Nottingham which is dedicated to the research into the 

(eco-) hydraulic assessment of river rehabilitation projects; and is the chair of the University Water Strategy 

Group. In addition to this he has an extensive publications list and is responsible for teaching a number of 

courses. 

CLIFTON, Paul 

Paul is a well-known broadcaster and writer about transport issues. As the BBC's Transport Correspondent 

for southern England since 1993, he has appeared on a wide range of BBC television and radio 

programmes, including the Today programme, Six and Ten O'clock News and frequently on South Today 

and other regional programmes. Paul was the Royal Television Society's Regional Journalist of the Year 

2001, and Transport Journalist of the Year in both 2004 and 2005. He has written and presented several 

BBC2 programmes on the broad theme of transport geography. Paul is a columnist for a leading rail journal, 

Rail Professional, and a judge of the Rail Business Awards. He has a BA in Geography from Exeter and is a 

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and a Fellow of the Institution of Highways & 

Transportation. 

CLOUT, Hugh 

Hugh is Professor of Geography at University College London, and was Dean of Faculty from 1995 to 2004. 

He has a BA (Hons) Geography with History, MPhil and PhD all from University College London, as well as 

a D. de l’Univ speciaité géographique humaine from University of Paris, a DLitt from University of London, a 

doctorat honoraire from the Sorbonne, and is a membre d'honneur of the Societe de Geographie de Paris. 

Hugh’s research has focused on the historical geography of France, the history of geography, contemporary 

rural geography and regional developments in Western Europe. He has supervised a number of PhD 

students and has taught courses on London, ideas in geography, rural geography, Europe and methods in 

historical geography as well as regular courses on the social geography of France, and the historical 

geography of France. 

COLCLOUGH, James 

James is an Associate Director leading the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the 

transportation sector. He manages a team within AECOM's Birmingham office, developing and promoting 

the use of the latest geospatial technology, including implementing bespoke systems. James plays a pivotal 

role in promoting the use of GIS within AECOM and with a range of public and private sector clients. A key 

aspect of his role involves sharing best practice globally and bringing together a variety of geospatial skills to 

develop leading applications for their clients. This has recently involved utilising webGIS technology to 

maximise the usefulness of geographic information in aiding decision making for high profile projects across 

the globe. James has tailored GIS solutions to a variety of sectors, including accessibility planning, traffic 

modelling, vehicle routing, public transport reviews, highway monitoring, travel planning, freight analysis and 

asset management. He has delivered papers on accessibility planning and transportation modelling where 

he has developed innovative solutions to spatial problems using GIS technology. 

COLE, Trevor 

Trevor currently works at Sandford International School in Ethiopia. Trevor was the Head of the Humanities 

Department at the International School of Milan. Prior to that he was the Head of the Geography and IB coordinator 

at the British School of Lome (BSL) in Togo, West Africa for a year, and Head of the Geography 

Department at the United World College of S.E. Asia for 13 years. Trevor has a BSc (Hons) in Geography 

and Environmental Science from University of Ulster and a PGCE from University of Sheffield. Trevor has 

always been involved with extra-curricular activities including outdoor education and expeditions. Trevor has 

led expeditions and field courses to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, The Himalaya and Ghana, 

amongst others. He is a keen traveler and photographer and has published some of his work. He also leads 

workshops for teachers doing the International Baccalaureate. 

COLLINS, David 

David is Professor of Physical Geography at University of Salford. He has a BA from Cambridge, a PhD from 

Nottingham, a DSc from Manchester, and an MA from both Cambridge and Oxford. David’s research 

interests include climate, glaciers and water resources in high mountain areas; outburst floods from Alpine 

glaciers; climate change, glacier recession and river flow in the Himalayas (sponsored by DFID) and long 

term variation of Alpine meltwater quality. David was until recently President of the Geography Section of the 

British Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the Busk Medal from the RGS-IBG in 1998. 

COOK, Andrew 

Andrew is a Spatial Data Analyst with 10 years’ experience in private and public sector. He is currently an 

Associate Director at Capita Symonds. Andrew graduated from Keele University with a degree in Geology 

and Physical Geography. 


COOPER, Paula 

Paula is the head of geography at King Edward VI Five Ways School in Birmingham where she has taught 

since 2003. She has a BSc from King’s College London, a PGCE from Cambridge University and an MA in 

Educational Management from the University of Warwick. Paula was involved in the successful application for 

her school to be granted specialist school status in the humanities with geography as the lead subject. Paula 

has collaborated with the GA and OS and introduced the Pilot GCSE to her school. She has presented at 

RGS KS3 CPD days and sat on the panel advising on the development of the new KS3 curriculum. Paula is 

the author of resources published on the GTT website and in 2007 received the RGS Ordnance Survey 

Award for excellence in teaching geography in secondary education. She is a regional subject advisor for the 

GA and CfBT, and most recently has worked with her department to make a programme for Teacher’s TV. 

COPE, Richard 

Up until his retirement in 2011 Rick was Head of Geography at Backwell School near Bristol. Prior to this he 

was Director of Castle Head Field Centre in the Lake District for 10 years, providing residential environmental 

adventure and fieldwork opportunities for all ages. Rick is author of the Geopacks range of educational 

software for geography and is co-author of Easibooks Secondary Geography content for Interactive 

Whiteboards. He runs training courses for schools and University PGCE courses on including ICT in 

fieldwork and using Interactive Whiteboards in Geography teaching. Rick received the RGS Ordnance Survey 

Award for Contributions to Excellence in Secondary Geography Teaching in 2004. 

CORBY, Michael 

Michael is currently the Head of Geography at Aylesbury Grammar School in Buckinghamshire. Prior to this 

Michael worked as a geography teacher at Knox Grammar School in Sydney and Chatham Grammar School 

for Boys in Kent. Michael runs various fieldwork opportunities for his students, both in the UK and abroad, 

and has been awarded an Innovation in Teaching award by his Local Authority. He also won Outstanding 

Teacher of the Year award, and has initiated exchange programmes with schools in South Africa and Malawi. 

Michael has provided inset for the departments he has worked in, and has made contributions to the OS 

magazine Mapping News. 

COULON, Pascal 

Pascal has developed his Geomatic skills for over 10 years developing a range of technical experiences 

throughout the Europe and Russia. Pascal graduated from National School of Geographic (ENSG) in Paris 

with an MSc in GIS. Throughout his education and his professional experience, Pascal has continuously 

shared his enthusiasm and interest for Geography and more particularly for the GIS industry. Pascal is 

currently a GIS Architect with SciSys UK Ltd - SciSys is a UK independent technology solutions company. His 

professional career with SciSys has included the design of large GIS solutions for public sector clients, 

including the UK Coal Authority. Prior to joining SciSys in 2009 he worked as a Senior GIS Consultant for the 

Geospatial Division of Atkins, designing / implementing Geospatial solutions for both private and public sector 

clients. The solutions ranged from coastal defences asset management system to mission critical products for 

the telecom industry. Throughout his career, he also delivered a number of GIS training and white paper to 

various national GIS events. 

COWLING, Daniel 

Daniel is currently Head of Year 13 and Deputy Head of Sixth Form at the Charters School in Berkshire. Prior 

to this Daniel was an Assistant Headteacher and Head of Geography. Daniel has organised and implemented 

fieldwork opportunities and inset and has published numerous text books and ‘Teaching Geography’ articles. 

He is a consultant for the Geographical Association and has visited Mexico as part of the Teachers’ 

International Professional Development programme. He has attended and presented inset. 

CRABTREE, Robert 

Bob is the Pollution Management Business Manager and a Technical Specialist in River Water Quality 

Modelling and Management at WRc in Swindon. He has a BSc (Joint Honours) in Geography and Geology 

from the University of Bristol (1978) and a PhD in Geomorphology from University of Sheffield (1981). Bob is 

a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), a Chartered 

environmentalist, a member of the British Geomorphological Society and a member of the British Hydrological 

Society. Since joining WRc plc (formerly the Water Research Centre) in 1985 his main interests have been in 

water quality planning and management with a focus on urban wastewater pollution control, highway runoff, 

water quality monitoring, integrated catchment quality modelling and river basin planning. He has produced 

over 250 scientific papers and reports. 

CRISP, Elizabeth 

Elizabeth is currently the Head of Geography at St Margaret’s School for Girls in Aberdeen. She is the Vice 

President and Aberdeen City representative of the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers and is also a 


Member of the Geographical Association. She has links with various Universities, organizations, and other 

schools and colleagues locally and nationally. 

CRISP, Paul 

Highly experienced designer/architect specialising in geographical information systems (GIS) within 

mainstream IT projects, across a range of industries, focussing on the value of properly organised spatial 

data infrastructures (SDIs) driven by standards, and supported by excellent specialist GIS ability. Particularly 

interested in the Cloud and GIS, and interoperability. Wide industry background and experience outside the 

IT sector. 

CURRAN, Paul 

Paul has been Vice-Chancellor of City University London since 2010, having served as Vice-Chancellor of 

Bournemouth University and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Paul has a BSc 

(Hons) in Geography from Sheffield, an MBA (Dist) from Southampton and a PhD and DSc in remote sensing 

from Bristol. A former NASA research scientist and advisor to the European Space Agency (ESA), Paul's 

award-winning work in ecological Earth observation, involving the use of satellite sensors to monitor the 

environment, is published widely. With a focus on climate change, current research involves the estimation of 

terrestrial chlorophyll content at regional scales. Paul is currently President of the Remote Sensing and 

Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc), Chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), a 

member of NERC Council and a member of two UUK policy committees. He has been awarded the Otto von 

Gruber Award from the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the Cuthbert Peek 

Award and Patrons Medal from the RGS and several awards from NASA, ESA and the RSPSoc. 

CURTIS, Alexander 

I am delighted to have been accepted as a Charted Geographer (GIS). I have worked for Ordnance Survey 

Great Britain’s national mapping agency in a number of roles over the last 39 years. Beginning my career in 

1973 as a large-scale cartographer; for 3 years I revised and updated 1:1250 and the 1:2500 series largescale 

mapping. During the following 16 years I worked through the various scales culminating in small -scales 

mapping. Here I took the opportunity to work with an external partner and develop what would be the 

forerunner of Ordnance Surveys raster product portfolio; 1:50 000 scale raster data. I then decided that I 

wished to develop my skillset and work in areas outside of the immediate production area; I obtained 

distinctions in marketing (CIM). Over the next 10 years I worked with the OS Education Team and OS 

International managing a number of mapping related projects. I also worked on bespoke products where I 

used my mapping expertise to deliver customised products. Due to the nature of the work this provided me 

with an early opportunity to get involved with both hardware and GIS software in their infancy (both MapInfo 

and Esri). The last ten years I have worked in Products as a Technical Product Manager and more recently 

on a 12 month secondment as a Senior Technical Product Manager for Integrated Transport Network product 

and the INSPIRE programme. During this period I worked on the INSPIRE initiative which OS have taken a 

lead on; working with UK Location Programme and other European data suppliers in order to harmonize data 

and produce interoperable mapping across Europe. I am currently the technical manager responsible for a 

range of vector and raster products including VectorMap Local and VectorMap District; I am involved in their 

improvement and the development of new ones. Some of the most interesting work I have been done to date 

is mapping for the Visually Impaired; liaising with RNIB to produce styles suitable for users with colour vision 

deficiency. 

CURTIS, Sarah 

Sarah is Professor in Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. She holds a BA in Geography from 

Oxford University and DPhil in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Kent. She is a health 

geographer with extensive research experience in geography of health and health services, especially on: 

inequalities of health and access to health care; needs assessment in primary and community health care; 

health impact assessment. Much of this work has been supported by Research Councils and similar funding 

bodies, and she has also carried out research and consultancy for the UK Department of Health, the Health 

Development Agency and local Health Agencies, the World Health Organization; the Insitut National de la 

Santé et Recherche Medicale, France. 

DASTGIR, Naeim 

Naeim Dastgir has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in geodesy and 

Geoinformatics. He has over ten years of experience in GIS and Remote Sensing, pipeline routing and 

managing pipeline geodatabase. He is well experienced in environmental assessment, hydrology and 

constructability assessment for onshore projects. Naeim has extensive fieldwork experience in route 

reconnaissance for pipelines and infrastructures and recording and evaluating geographical data. Naeim has 

excellent command on handling and using remote sensing data, image processing techniques and hyperspectral 

analysis. He has very good knowledge of InSAR radar imagery and land deformation monitoring. 


DAVIES, Christopher 

Christopher is University Dean of Students and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. 

Christopher has a BSc in Geography and Geology, an MSc in Computation and a PhD in Computation, all 

from University of Manchester. Christopher has been involved with curriculum developments at UMIST and 

has taught courses on COBOL and GIS. Recent research projects include developing GIS support 

(Speedmap) for Lancashire County; deprivation and the influence on the survival rate of victims of trauma 

treated in NHS Accident and Emergency Departments and flood prediction and mitigation planning. 

DAVISON, Charlotte 

Charlotte is a Senior Analyst at JBA Consulting, an engineering and environmental consultancy, where she 

has spent her whole career. Charlotte has a BSc in Geography (1997) from Lancaster University and an MSc 

in Surface and Groundwater Resources (2000) from Huddersfield University. 

DAVISON, Teresa 

Teresa is Line Manager for Humanities at Torquay Grammar School for Girls, a Humanities college. She is a 

member of the Geographical Association’s Valuing Places South West Committee and has had work 

published in several of the GA’s journals. She has established links with local universities and also schools 

abroad, and has set up an outreach project with the Eden project which is now used by other schools. Teresa 

set up and is now secretary of the South Devon Geographical Association branch, and has also acted as a 

mentor to trainee teachers in her department. Her students are entered regularly into geographical 

competitions and also have the opportunity to take part in extensive fieldwork and exchange opportunities 

organised by Teresa. She has become involved in promoting Geology at school through a Geology Club, 

which is held weekly. She is also in charge of fundraising for her sister school in Western Province in Kenya 

and was the first teacher from school to visit last February where they set up a solar oven project using 10 

laptops that they took over with money raised from Torquay Girls' Grammar School students. She also 

worked with the University of Havana marine biology department in summer 2011 through Operation 

Wallacea and is leading a KS4 trip to Northern India next Easter. 

DAWSON, Gary 

Gary is an Advanced Skills Teacher for Geography at Fair Oak Business and Enterprise College in 

Staffordshire, prior to which he was a geography teacher at Cheslyn Hay High School in Staffordshire. Gary 

was co-chair of the GA‟s Secondary Education Section Committee been 2002-2005 and has represented the 

GA on many occasions. He is involved in supporting trainee teachers and is also a GCSE examiner. Gary 

has been involved in a large amount of CPD, both having led sessions and attended them. As an AST, Gary 

has worked with many other schools and teachers and shared his resources and knowledge. 

DEGG, Martin 

Martin is the Acting Head of the Department of Geography and Development Studies at the University of 

Chester, where he has been involved with developing the curriculum. Martin has a BSc in Geography and 

Geology and PhD in Earthquake Hazard in the Middle East, both from University of Nottingham and his 

research still focuses on hazards and disasters. In 1989 he co-founded the Earthquake Hazard Atlas project 

for the insurance industry and he has also served on the Editorial Board of Geoscientist. 

DIGBY, Bob 

Bob taught for 35 years; 24 in three schools in Leeds and London and 11 in Higher Education, working as a 

Lecturer in Geography / Education at Sheffield, Manchester and Brunel Universities. He now works as a 

Community Geographer to the Geographical Association, as a leader of fieldwork for the FSC in London's 

new Olympic Park, as a freelance consultant (e.g. with local authority schools and Teach First beginning 

teachers), as a GCSE Principal Examiner, and as an author of a range of textbooks across the 14-18 age 

range. He now runs INSET for teachers, both at conferences and on a bespoke basis for schools, for himself 

and for organisations such as Philip Allan Updates, Edexcel and Teach First. He visits and speaks to a lot of 

schools and local Geographical Association networks about topics such as London 2012 and health issues in 

geography. He enjoys working directly with teachers and schools, and their students. 

DIXSON, Ian 

Ian is an Advanced Skills Teacher at The High Arcal School having previously been Head of Humanities and 

Lead Practitioner for SSAT. Ian has a B Sc (Hons) degree in Geography and MA Geography in Education 

from Institute of Education in London. AST role includes staff training, initial teacher training and curriculum 

development with both primary and secondary schools. Fieldtrips have included visits to Poland, Iceland, 

Tunisia, Morocco and Italy. Ian has lead the geography department at The High Arcal School to both 

Secondary Geography Quality Mark standard and, more recently, Centre of Excellence status. Published 

works include co-authoring a CD ROM for Channel 4 and articles for Teaching Geography, GA Magazine and 


Mapping News. In 2006 Ian was awarded the RGS-IBG Ordnance Survey Award for contributions to 

secondary geography education. 

DODD, Stephen 

My career has provided me with experience and knowledge in geographic research, capturing geographic 

requirements, and managing, exchanging, releasing and licensing geographic information. I am qualified in 3 

modern European languages which enables me to translate geographic information and correspondence 

from countries that speak those languages. I have received training in how UK copyright law is applied to 

geographic information and use it to write release conditions to ensure fair and correct use. I am also 

qualified to make decisions on releasing geographic information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I 

have also developed a wide knowledge of political geography by learning which political geography 

phenomena customers require on geographic products. 

DOLLIMORE, Allison 

All of my career has been involved in geography, having worked at the Defence Geographic Centre for over 

20 years. During this time I have worked in our Research and Development, Learning and Development and 

Production branches. I currently work in the Geographic Research Branch, providing specialist advice to UK 

Defence on geographical names. I have been involved with the British Cartographic Society, visiting schools 

as part of the Restless Earth workshops. I have a BTEC in Cartography from Kingston College. I am a 

member of the British Cartographic Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). 

DOMEK, Rebecca 

Rebecca started her career in the private sector as a Building Surveyor based in Peterborough. After two 

years working for the Environment Agency she went on to work for local Government in 1998. During her time 

with local Government Nicola has contributed to the development and strategic progression of Geographical 

Information Systems and Asset Management Plans. She has worked for a number of Councils, including, 

Peterborough City, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Norwich and Suffolk, with whom she has been a Project 

Manager for four years. 

DORNBUSCH, Uwe 

Uwe has started working in the UK in coastal environment after several years of Quaternary research in the 

Alps and Andes while at Berlin Free University. Over the last 12 years he has accumulated a wide range of 

field and desk based research experience involving cliffs, shore platforms, mixed beaches and their 

interaction with engineering structures with particular emphasis on Southeast England. After leaving his 

research position at the University of Sussex in 2007, Uwe has spent two years with a coastal engineering 

consultancy being involved with design of coastal structures and supporting the Pevensey Coastal Defence 

PFI. He now works for the Environment Agency South East where he has supported the completion of 

Shoreline Management Plans, is leading on the EA side of the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme, the 

update and improvement of Beach Management Plans, and contributes coastal technical expertise to national 

R&D projects as well as internal strategies and schemes. 

DOWNS, Peter 

Peter is currently an Associate Professor in Physical Geography in the School of Geography, Earth and 

Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth, UK, and is course director for the Masters degree in 

Sustainable Environmental Management. From 2002-2010 he was a consultant scientist at Stillwater 

Sciences in Berkeley, California, where as Senior Fluvial Geomorphologist he managed geomorphology and 

other staff undertaking process studies of geomorphology and integrated projects of watershed assessment 

and river restoration planning and design. He has a B.Sc. from the University of Leicester, a Ph.D. from the 

University of Southampton, and was previously a Lecturer in Geography at the University of Nottingham 

(1993-2000). He has published widely on the topics of human impacts on fluvial systems, the sensitivity of 

river channel morphodynamics, and river restoration and management. In this regard, he co-authored ‘River 

Channel Management: towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems’ with K.J. Gregory in 2004. 

DOYLE, Simon 

Simon is a management consultant working for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). He is responsible for 

managing and delivering advice to clients and for the development of geographic information and data fusion 

propositions. Simon has a BSc in Archaeology from Bradford University and an MSc in Geographic and 

Geodetic Information Systems from University College London. Prior to working for PwC, he held posts in 

Central Government and within the commercial software and data sector. Simon was a member of the 

Association for Geographic Information's Council from 2003 to 2009; he was Chair in 2006 and Hon. 

Secretary in 2009. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. 


DREWRY, David 

David is currently Vice-Chancellor at The University of Hull. David has a BSc in Geography with Geology from 

Queen Mary, University of London and a PhD from University of Cambridge. In 2001 he was also awarded 

personal professorship by the University of Hull. David has been involved in a range of research activities 

involving Arctic and Antarctic environments. David is also President of the International Arctic Science 

Committee; and has been a member of council for the European Science Foundation; a member of the sealevel 

panel for the IPCC and was the Founding Chairman of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic 

Programmes. David has received the United States Antarctic Service Medal, the Polar Medal (Arctic and 

Antarctic clasp) and both the Cuthbert Peek Award and Patron’s Medal (Gold) from the Royal Geographical 

Society (with IBG). 

EATON, Martin 

Martin is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Ulster. He has a BA in Geography from 

Staffordshire University and a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Exeter. Martin has always 

been involved with teaching and learning methods associated with the advancement of geography and 

environmental sciences. His teaching is focussed upon modules on geographical disparity, economic and 

Iberian geographies, and much of his expertise lies in field course tuition in Portugal, Spain, Morocco and the 

Gambia. As teaching and learning co-ordinator he is now involved with the curriculum-based development of 

the subject and has implemented a range of E-learning teaching resources for undergraduates. These 

include international online student collaborative initiatives and the utilisation of virtual field trips to support 

and enhance the undergraduate learning experience. 

EDWARDES, Alistair 

Alistair is Economic Geographer at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, having previously 

worked as geographic analyst at the Department of Communities and Local Government applying GIS to 

analyse and support a range of socio-economic policy issues including; regional economic growth, 

regeneration, housing and repossessions, social cohesion, and the Big Society. He has also worked as a 

researcher at the University of Zurich where he investigated the design of geographic technologies for 

location based services and multimedia information retrieval. Prior to this, he researched the issue of 

generalising geographic information for maps and navigation both at the University of Edinburgh and in the 

private sector. Alistair has a Doctorate from Zurich and a Masters from Edinburgh both in GIS. 

EDWARDS, Kate 

As the founder and principal consultant of Englobe Inc., a Seattle-based niche consultancy for 

geocultural content management and risk assessment, Kate Edwards is a unique hybrid of an academic 

geographer, cartographer, writer and corporate geocultural strategist, coexisting with a passion for cultures 

and technology. Formerly as Microsoft’s Senior Geopolitical Strategist in the Geopolitical Strategy team (a 

position and team she created and managed), Kate was responsible for protecting the company against 

geopolitical and cultural content errors across all products and locales. Kate has a BA in Geography and a 

Certificate in Cartography (Cal State University Long Beach) and an MA in Geography (University of 

Washington), her thesis being on the use of virtual worlds technology as an interface to geographic 

information. As of 2010, she has also completed the majority of her work toward a PhD in Geography 

(University of Washington) with a research interest the globalization-localization dynamic as it relates to the 

local perception of digital content and geopolitical imaginations. She is a member of several professional 

organizations both inside and outside the geography discipline and has been a presenter at numerous 

conferences, businesses and universities. Kate is a regular columnist for MultiLingual Computing magazine, 

the founder and chair of the Game Localization Special Interest Group of the International Game Developers 

Association, and a Senior Advisor for the Business for Diplomatic Action advocacy group. Beyond 

her consulting work, she is involved in several incubation projects including a geocultural literacy program for 

children utilizing digital books and potentially online worlds. 

EDWARDS, Kevin 

Kevin is Professor of Geography at University of Aberdeen and Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Centre, 

City University of New York. He has an MA (Hons) in Geographical Studies from the University of St Andrews 

and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. Kevin held previous academic posts at the Universities of 

Belfast, Birmingham and Sheffield. His research interests include palynology, Mesolithic and early agricultural 

impacts on landscape, vegetation change in Scotland, human-environment interactions in the North Atlantic 

region and environmental archaeology. Kevin is a founding member of the Northern Studies Centre, 

Aberdeen, and a research associate of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. He is on the editorial 

boards of a number of international journals and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the 

Society of Antiquaries of London. 


EISENEGGER, Mark 

Mark is a Geographer working in the fields of environmental management and sustainability. A keen 

Geographer and its many facets he has been able to incorporate Geography into his working life. He is an 

environmental consultant who works with private developers and government authorities alike to assess the 

impacts of developments and policies on the environment and sustainability. He has been involved in the 

environmental assessment / appraisal of a wide range of sectors and projects, from sewage treatment works, 

railways, to housing regeneration. He has been based in offices in London, Brisbane and Hong Kong, and 

has applied and developed his Geographic skills throughout the globe, e.g. in Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, 

Macau, Dubai and Cameroon to ensure sustainability and environmental advice is provided through all policy 

and project development phases from optioneering, site / process selection through to environmental 

assessment and planning approval. Mark ensures sustainability is incorporated within the design of 

development proposals, through development of Sustainable Design and Construction Studies, and 

government policy e.g. utilising Strategic Environmental Assessments and Sustainability Appraisals. He also 

has provided training and presented on low carbon economies and environmental / sustainability awareness 

for the Foreign and commonwealth Office and companies. As a volunteer project manager for a registered 

charity Mark has been instrumental in the development of an Award winning project to locate, fundraise for, 

and provide classroom facilities for a school in a local community in Mozambique. 

ELLIS, Lucy 

Lucy has a BSc in Geography and an MPhil and PhD in Fluvial Geomorphology, all from Nottingham 

University. Her academic research concentrated on process/form interaction along ephemeral rivers in the 

USA. Since completing her academic studies, she has worked for engineering consultancies and 

government agencies in the UK and overseas, and now works for Coffey Geotechnics in Australia. Lucy has 

been involved in a number of interesting projects, including assessments of the large Brahmaputra River, the 

ice-affected Missouri River, a mud volcano in Java and landslides in Australia. 

ELLIS, Robert 

Rob has worked for the Environment Agency since 1998. As Principal Officer (GIS), he is the lead user for 

GIS in the Midlands Region. He provides technical support to 300 ArcGIS users and also arranges and 

provides training for them. He has produced maps for purposes as diverse as river quality, flood defence, 

ethnic distribution and funding bids. Rob has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from University of Newcastle-upon- 

Tyne, an MSc in Environmental Pollution Control from University of Leeds, and a PhD from University of 

Aston entitled An Evaluation of Remote Sensing to Monitor Gas and Leachate Migration from Urban Landfill 

Sites. 

ELLIS, Victoria 

Victoria is Assistant Student Progress Leader for Humanities at Swanwick Hall School in Derbyshire. Victoria 

is a member of the Hodder Teacher Team and a member of the GA Secondary Phase Committee. She is 

also an examiner for AQA and has been part of an authoring team for Collins KS3 geography. Victoria has 

presented at several GA conferences and other CPD events and has also run inset sessions at her school. 

She is a member of several cluster groups and an active member of the geographical community. 

EMMETT, Anne-Marie 

Anne-Marie is Head of Geography at Archbishop Tenisons School in London. Anne-Marie has led countless 

CPD courses and has built up a great network of teachers in her area. She has had articles published in the 

OS magazine Mapping News. Anne-Marie has been involved in the QCA review of the KS3 curriculum, and 

form this had resources published and led CPD. Anne-Marie is a GA Geography Advisor for London, and also 

a member of the RGS-IBG Education Committee. She has been awarded the RGS-IBG OS award in 

recognition of excellence in secondary teaching, and has also been nominated for teacher of the year in The 

Teaching Awards. 

ESCRITT, Tony 

Tony is an educational travel consultant, retired teacher and one time head of Geography at Harrow 

School. He has an MA (Hons) from the University of Oxford and a Cert.Ed from the University of Bristol. Tony 

has devoted his working life to teaching, expeditions and fieldwork. He developed the Iceland Unit of the 

Young Explorers' Trust and manages the Iceland Information Centre for expeditions. He was Vice Principal of 

the Peak District National Park Study Centre (1974-79). He is best known for his work in Iceland and Jordan 

in developing field study programmes for schools. He developed and coordinated the Jordan Badia Project 

designed to advance geographical fieldwork among Jordanian teachers and is now concentrating on new 

field teaching materials for studies in Iceland. 


ETHERINGTON, Thomas 

Tom works in the areas of landscape ecology and biogeography and is specifically interested in the use of 

GIS and spatial analysis to answer questions about mammal distribution, abundance, and movement. This 

work has taken him around the globe and has involved research on a wide variety of applications including 

reserve design for large carnivores in the Canadian Rockies, wildlife disease management in the UK, and 

currently invasive species management in New Zealand. 

EVANS, Heather 

Heather is currently Head of Humanities at St. Gregory's Catholic College in Bath, prior to which she was the 

Director of Learning at Brislington Enterprise College in Bristol. She is currently studying for an MA in 

Education at the University of the West of England. Heather regularly leads workshops at conferences in the 

Bristol area and has worked with the Kent LA and the Teaching and Learning Organisation. Heather is a 

PGCE mentor for Geography trainee teachers and is also the Senior Professional Tutor at her school. 

Heather was nominated for Young Teacher of the Year in 2004 and Teacher of the Year in 2006. 

EWING, Christopher 

Chris is a Catastrophe Model Developer for the Impact Forecasting team at Aon Benfield in London, 

specialising in the use of geographic information and spatial analysis for catastrophe model development for 

the insurance sector. Away from work, Chris is a volunteer for MapAction, the disaster mapping charity. Chris 

is also a Director and Council Member of the Association for Geographic Information, the UK's geospatial 

membership body. 

EYRE, Graeme 

Graeme is Head of Geography at St. Mary Magdalene Academy in Highbury, prior to which he taught at 

Anglo European School in Essex. He has a Masters in Geographical Education from the IoE. Graeme was a 

Geography Champion for the Geographical Association, where he worked with a variety of primary schools, 

and is also an examiner and moderator for IB and OCR. Graeme is responsible for coordinating the 

geography element of the training of secondary school teachers on the GTP in Essex. Graeme has had 

several articles published in GA journals, and has also run a local CPD network for the RGS-IBG. 

FAIRCHILD, Katherine 

Katherine has previously worked as a Geography Teacher at Sutton High School for Girls in Surrey, and as 

Head of Geography at Wilson’s School in Wallington where she also mentored NQT teachers. She regularly 

attends RGS-IBG inset days, and has also taken part in World Challenge expeditions. She believes in 

opening students’ eyes to geographical issues away from the classroom by initiating and managing a range 

of extra-curricula activities. She has been Team Leader in Vietnam and Bolivia for World Challenge, as well 

as assisting with the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. Fieldtrips form an integral part of her teaching: longer trips 

to Iceland, Norfolk, Malham and the Brecon Beacons as well as local trips within Surrey. She holds a BSc 

(Hons) degree in Geography from Goldsmith’s College, University of London, in addition to a PGCE. 

FARNWORTH, Michael 

Michael specialised in urban regeneration and renewal for over thirty years and has now retired from full time 

employment. During his working life he was closely involved with the regeneration of former industrial towns 

in the North of England and was involved with regional working groups understanding the changes being 

experienced in the urban environment. Michael holds an MSc in Urban Renewal (Regeneration and Design) 

awarded by Liverpool John Moores University and is currently seeking support to undertake PhD research in 

an urban regeneration subject. 

FAULDER, Jacqueline 

Jacqueline has GIS project experience in water and wastewater asset management, the environment and 

contaminated land; applied in utility, government and civil engineering organisations. Her areas of expertise 

include GIS, data analysis, remote sensing and the environmental and earth sciences. She is a registered 

PRINCE2 Practitioner, has a BSc (Honours) degree in Earth Science from Liverpool John Moores University 

and an MSc in Environmental Remote Sensing from the University of Aberdeen. 

FIELD, Kenneth 

Dr Kenneth Field is Principal Lecturer at Kingston University London and Course Director for undergraduate 

and postgraduate courses at the Centre for GIS. A graduate of Oxford Polytechnic's cartography degree 

programme, he has spent his career enthusing successive groups of students at Northampton and Kingston 

Universities on cartographic design and production, increasingly through the use of GIS technologies. He 

has presented at over 100 conferences worldwide, published about 50 papers and book chapters and is the 

current Editor of The Cartographic Journal. In 2009 he was in receipt of an Honorary SPLINT Fellowship and 


he is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, RGS-IBG and British Cartographic Society. He has delivered 

a number of invited keynotes and regularly takes part as a speaker at events delivering CPD programmes to 

delegates of BCS, AGI and as part of the programmes at Kingston University. He continues to practice 

cartography and has authored a number of large format special purpose maps. He has received over a 

dozen international awards for his mapping as well as supervising students who have received national 

awards for their own work. Dr Field's work is largely in the area of developing effective techniques for digital 

mapping and geovisualisation through the use of GIS technologies. 

FISCHBACHER-SMITH, Denis 

Denis Fischbacher-Smith is Professor of Risk and Resilience at the University of Glasgow. A graduate of the 

Universities of Manchester and Glasgow, the Open University and the CNAA, Professor Fischbacher-Smith 

holds bachelor’s degrees in Geography/Environmental Science (BEd) and Science (BSc), Masters degrees in 

Pollution and Environmental Control (MSc), Applied Psychology (MSc), Management (MBA) and Public 

Health (MPH). He holds doctoral degrees in Science and Technology Policy (risk assessment) (PhD) (from 

the University of Manchester) and Crisis Management (DLitt) (University of Glasgow). His main research 

interests span the main areas of the UK’s policy around resilience and converge around issues of prevention, 

protection and preparation. He is the editor-in-chief of Risk Management: an International Journal and is a 

member of the editorial advisory boards of Disaster Prevention and Management, the Security Journal, the 

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, and Public Money and Management. He is a Fellow of the 

Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, 

and an elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences. 

FISH, Paul 

Following A-levels, my geographical training continued at Royal Holloway University of London where I 

studied Physical Geography, focusing on Quaternary climate change, and geomorphology. My undergraduate 

dissertation was based on field research in the high Himalaya of India, and led me to develop a love of 

mountain regions and travel, particularly in India. My academic interests led to PhD research on the 

Quaternary glaciation of lowland Britain at the University of Brighton. This involved learning a wide range of 

analytical techniques ranging from micropalaeontology, to GIS and the basics of physical geology. Following 

my research, I spent an enjoyable 18 months working as a Research Officer at Brighton where I was involved 

in a Defra-funded project investigating water-based sport and recreation. This work was a change from the 

themes of my PhD and allowed by to develop my GIS skills and also learn new research techniques such as 

face-to-face interviews and focus groups. 

My life beyond university began in 2002 when I was gained employment as a geomorphologist working for 

Halcrow, a large, international engineering and environmental consultancy. My work and responsibilities have 

been extremely varied, and have included projects on sites at the coast, in rivers, on landslides and on the 

deep ocean floor. Central themes to my work have been geohazard risk assessment, climate change and 

communication of science to engineers and the public. During my working life I have maintained a record of 

publications and attendance at conferences and am responsible for mentoring junior members of staff. 

FOOTE, Matthew 

Matthew is a senior catastrophe analyst at Willis, a global insurance broker, developing quantitative models 

and undertaking risk analyses to assess the risk to governments, insurers and communities from extreme 

events such as earthquakes, floods and storms. He is the Research Director of the Willis Research Network 

(www.willisresearchnetwork.com), the world's largest partnership between academia and the insurance 

industry, dedicated to evaluating the frequency, severity and impact of extreme events and helping society at 

local and global scales manage these risks and share the costs of major catastrophes via public and private 

sector approaches. He is also currently an affiliate member of the NERC Peer Review College. Previously, 

Matthew was a cartographer, remote sensing and GIs specialist, with particular experience in 

geodemographics and planning. As well as possessing a First Class BSc in Geography, Matthew is currently 

completing a PhD in coastal processes at Birkbeck, University of London. Matthew has also enjoys collecting 

antique and unusual maps and amateur geology. 

FOSTER, Ian 

Ian is currently Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Northampton. Previously he was the Director 

of the School Centre for Environmental Research and Consultancy at Coventry University. He has a BSc in 

Geography from University of London, Kings College and a PhD from Geography, University of Exeter. Ian’s 

research focuses on dissolved and sediment-associated contaminant fluxes and pathways in river 

catchments over the last 100 years. Current research projects include Badia Research and Development 

Programme; funding from Defra and the UK Environment Agency researching agricultural land drains and 

roads in relation to sediment and sediment-associated nutrient pathways; a grant from NERC (URGENT 

Thematic Programme) researching sediment and sediment-associated contaminant fluxes in the river Tame, 

Birmingham, UK and a NERC grant researching soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the heavily gullied 


grazing lands of the S African Karoo. Ian has an extensive publications list and has been involved in 

supervising and examining a large number of PhD theses. 

FOSTER, James 

James is Head of Geography at Xaverian College in Manchester. James has strong links with the RGS-IBG 

and has helped to develop a regional fieldwork network and attended a fieldwork weekend run by the Society. 

He has worked with the FSC to develop fieldwork resources, and has worked to ensure the FSC visit his 

feeder schools. He actively encourages his students to get involved in projects such as model UN debates 

and revision days, and has organised for lecturers from local Universities to talk to his students. 

FOX, John 

John currently works part time at Truro College following his retirement from teaching. Prior to this John was 

Head of Geography at Cape Cornwall School in Penzance. John has a BA from the Open University, an MEd 

from University of Bath and a Certificate in Education from Avery Hill College of Education. John has been an 

examiner for several boards, has promoted ICT in the classroom, produced CD-ROM’s for GCSE syllabuses 

and has a strong love of travel. 

FRANCIS, Phil 

It was through a number of surveying jobs that Phil developed an interest in GIS and then undertook an MSc 

in GIS at Edinburgh University. He is currently a Technical Consultant for Informed Solutions, a firm of spatial 

information consultants in Manchester, working on projects for government departments as well as for the oil 

and gas sectors. He has worked on various important surveillance projects since 1998, including being part of 

the crew that carried out the first multibeam survey to map the bottom of the Aleutian trench. Phil has been an 

highly active member of the Association of Geographic Information for the past three years and has been 

involved in many GIS related events since 2002. 

FRIEND, Adrian 

Major Adrian Friend is a Royal Engineer who has specialised as a Geospatial Intelligence Officer in the 

British Army. He currently commands the Geospatial Exploitation Wing at the Royal School of Military Survey 

and has overall responsibility for the provision of all GIS, Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry related 

geospatial advice and training to deployable Defence forces. Adrian has a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering 

and an MSc in Defence Geographic Information from Cranfield University and an MSc (with Distinction) in 

Geographical Information Science from University College London. Adrian is an Associate Fellow of the 

Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society, a Member of the City & Guilds Institute for Cartographic 

Operations and has received medals for overseas operations. 

FROST, Shona 

Shona began her career in geography or more specifically, cartography by training as a cartographer with the 

Ministry of Defence. After several years experience and gaining her BTec in Cartography and Surveying, she 

joined the Ministry of Agriculture where she helped to introduce computers into another manual cartographic 

environment. Her skills focussed by involvement in the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001, Shona joined 

Staffordshire County Council as an Information Systems Officer in 2003. Her work involved all things land 

based including rights of way, landscape analysis and plant disease monitoring. From 2005, she has 

managed a small team of GIS specialists and added Corporate GIS Officer to her job title in 2009. She 

continues to support colleagues both internal and external to the County Council in using Geography and GIS 

to understand the issues challenging Staffordshire. 

FROSTICK, Lynne 

Lynne is currently Director of the Hull Environment Research Institute and the Yorkshire Forward funded 

Environmental Technology Centre for Industrial Collaboration at the University of Hull and a Professor of 

Geography. Lynne has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from University of Leicester and a PhD in Environmental 

Science from University of East Anglia. Lynne's research interests include rivers and tectonics; desert rivers; 

sediment transport; and waste science. She has been the Editor of several leading journals and is a member 

of a number of learned Societies. Lynne is also involved in establishing the research facilities at the Deep, a 

millennium project which includes a large flume facility. In addition to her work within the University Lynne is 

also chair of the government's Implementation Group for Women in SET, a member of the a member of the 

NERC Peer Review College and the NE Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee 

GAIR, Nicholas 

Nicholas is currently the Chief Executive of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. Nicholas 

completed his BEd at Kingston University, Cert Ed from University of London, an MA in Urban Education from 

King’s College London, an MSc in Education Management from University of Greenwich and a PhD in 

Outdoor Education from Fairfax University, Louisiana, USA. Nicholas has published academic work on 


expeditions and outdoor education and holds a number of outdoor leadership qualifications. Nicholas has 

also been the UK Operations Officer for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and is still a member of the Award's 

national Expedition Advisory Panel. He is a member of the Risk Management Committee of the Outward 

Bound Trust and a founder member of the ‘Lessons Learned Group’ a small group of practitioners which 

reviews adventure accidents and incidents and disseminates educational feedback. Nicholas is a Visiting 

Professor to the Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education at Leeds Metropolitan University. 

GANDERTON, Paul 

Paul is the Senior Geography Coordinator at Sydney Boys High School in NSW, Australia. Prior to this Paul 

taught geography in the UK, and also achieved an MA from the University of Reading. Paul has presented at 

numerous conferences and events, and is also an examiner. He has had various research papers and books 

published, and is also involved in the current introduction of a geography curriculum for Australia. He is 

actively involved in fieldwork, and also maintains a website, www.ecogeog.com. 

GARF, Nick 

Nick Garf graduated from Moscow State University, Geographical faculty in 2002. His work experience has 

included scientific research, engineering, construction and oil and gas onshore and offshore pipeline 

constuction projects. He is currently a GIS Specialist at JP Kenny Ltd. 

GARVEY, Daniel 

Dan is a senior environmental scientist with Arup, based in Cork, Ireland. He is a graduate of University 

College Cork, with a BA (Hons) in Geography and Public Policy Studies. He has a first class honours MSc in 

Environmental Protection from the Institute of Technology, Sligo. He won the William Mason Medal in Sligo 

IT in 2008. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British 

Geographers) since 2002. He has lectured in Cork Institute of Technology on sustainable design, and is 

involved as a design team member in the environmental impact assessment of significant construction and 

infrastructure projects. Dan is also a Chartered Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. His 

particular interest is in promoting practical sustainability in the design of the built environment. 

GAWLIK, Robin 

Robin is GIS and Information Officer at Barrow Borough Council. He has been involved with the use of 

geography and GIS since 1992, when as a Building Control Officer he was tasked with the introduction and 

use of GIS into a joint Planning and Building Control Department. In 1999 he was moved into full time role 

managing GIS. 

GEEHAN, James 

James is a senior analyst currently working in the Geographical Analysis Team at the Department of 

Communities and Local Government. His background includes a MSc in Geographical Information Systems 

from Nottingham University, and an MSc in Official Statistics from the University of Southampton. James has 

over 10 years experience working as a statistician and GIS analyst in national and international organisations, 

including the Department of Education, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. His interests 

include advanced spatial analytical techniques and developing methods of spatial and non-spatial data 

visualisation. He is the project manager of the website DataViz (www.improving-visualisation.org) which 

provides a forum for users in the public sector to share data visualisation best practice. 

GENTLEMAN, Alison 

I joined the Defence Geographic Centre, Ministry of Defence in 1987 and have remained working here as a 

Geospatial Analyst since then. I have specialised in geographic research, primarily into the content, quality 

and accuracy of civilian and military topographic data. I was recently responsible for a research area 

providing specialist advice to UK Defence on geographical names, international boundaries and the quality 

and accuracy of geospatial products. I have also been involved in geospatial data collection and international 

liaison. I am currently responsible for co-ordinating the collection of geographic information, its management 

within the DGC geospatial library and providing a customer service in support of UK Defence and other 

government departments over an area of responsibility which covers UK, Ireland, United States, Canada, 

Australia, New Zealand, South & Central America and the Asia/Pacific region including Afghanistan. I have an 

MA (Hons) in Geography from Aberdeen University, a BTEC in Cartography from Kingston College and I am 

a member of the British Cartographic Society. 

GESSEY-JONES Dawn 

Dawn is a Primary Teacher and Geography coordinator at Two Rivers Primary School in Staffordshire. She 

has written articles for SEN Magazine and Primary Geography Journal, and has delivered numerous courses 

on sensory curriculum and SEN. Dawn holds regular activity days at her school with guest speakers and 

special events and resources. Dawn is a member of the Staffordshire Special Schools Geography Network, 


where she shares ideas. Dawn led her school in achieving a Gold Primary Geography Quality Mark in 2009; 

the first school to achieve this. 

GIBSON, Philip 

Philip gained a BSc (Hons) in Geography and an MA in GIS from the University of Leeds. For 5 years, Philip 

worked at the University as a Research Officer and then took up the role of developing online GIS Masters 

courses. Since 2005, he has worked as an Environmental Consultant and Senior GIS Analyst at Jacobs UK 

Ltd as a core member of the UK GIS team. He has worked on many interesting projects including waste 

management strategies, flood alleviation schemes and public transport solutions. 

GOLDUP, Graham 

Graham is currently an Assistant Headteacher and the Subject leader for Geography at the Cardinal Newman 

Catholic School in Hove. Graham has a BSc Hons in Geography and a PGCE. At Cardinal Newman, Graham 

is responsible for their Humanities Specialism, fieldwork and humanities CPD. He works extensively with 

schools in his local area (along with the LA) to run regional conferences and twilight CPD meetings for 

teachers. Graham has been involved in writing bids for the school to win the Secondary Geography Quality 

Mark and also become a Centre of Excellence for Geography. He has an extensive CPD record, both 

attending and presenting, and has been involved in several Action Plan for Geography events. Graham won 

the Ordnance Survey award for excellence in teaching geography at secondary level in 2009. 

GORDON, John 

John has worked in the field of geodiversity and geoheritage conservation for over 30 years. He has an MA 

(Hons) in Geography and a PhD, both from the University of Aberdeen. His research interests also include 

glacial geomorphology, Holocene glacier fluctuations, the geomorphology of South Georgia and the 

Quaternary of Scotland. John was awarded the Bruce Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh for 

contributions to glacial geomorphology in polar regions. He is currently an Honorary Professor in the School 

of Geography and Geosciences at the University of St Andrews. 

GOWLING, Richard 

Richard has a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc in Geographical Information Systems. After 

completing his academic studies he went on to work for Yorkshire Water Services in 1997. In 2000 he went 

on to work for British Waterways where he continues to work today as a GIS Developer in Gloucestershire. 

Richard is responsible for corporate GIS development, development of mobile IT applications and GIS 

integration with wider business. 

GREGORY, Kenneth 

Ken is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton, and Emeritus Professor University of 

London. Ken has been involved in higher education for the whole of his professional life. He was a 

lecturer/reader at the University of Exeter from 1962 to 1976 and then moved to the University of 

Southampton where he rose from being Professor of Geography to Dean of Science and then Deputy Vice- 

Chancellor. He was Warden of Goldsmiths College, University of London from 1992 to 1998. Ken received a 

Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for 1998 to 2001, to study patterns of river channel adjustment, has 

published more than 30 books, and has a D.Sc University of London. He was Chair of the Organising 

Committee for the International Geographical Congress held in the UK in 2004, has also chaired committees 

of the NERC, and for the Research Assessment Exercise (UFC, HEFCE). Ken was awarded the Back Award 

and Founders Medal from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), the Linton award and medal from the 

British Geomorphological Research Group, was made CBE in 2007, and is currently President of the British 

Society for Geomorphology. 

GRIMWADE, Gordon 

Gordon operates a heritage management consultancy firm in Queensland, Australia. Gordon has a BA from 

WAIT, Perth, Western Australia, an MLitt from JCU, Townsville, Queensland and a Certificate from the 

Australian School of Pacific Administration. As a Patrol Officer and Aboriginal Affairs Manager in north 

Australia Gordon frequently undertook remote area expeditions into Central Australia and to Cape York. 

Gordon’s current interests lie in cultural heritage tourism, regional development, and historical site 

management and conservation. His major research work has focused on Chinese sites in north Australia, 

cemetery conservation and remote area mining. Gordon has been awarded John Herbert Awards for Cultural 

Heritage Conservation several years running together with associated tourism awards. He has published 

widely both in Australia and overseas. Gordon is currently a member of the Australia ICOMOS Cultural 

Tourism Committee. 


HADLEY, Clare 

Clare is a senior manager at Ordnance Survey. Her career in government has included field survey, research, 

production management, data policy, strategic sales, consultancy, international relations and public affairs. 

Her current role is to determine how OS contributes to the UK Location Programme, and meets it legal 

obligations under the European 'INSPIRE' Directive. Clare has a MA in Geography from University of 

Cambridge, a Postgraduate Diploma in Army Survey from the School of Military Survey, an MSc in GIS from 

University of Nottingham and a Certificate in HE Archaeological Studies from University of Southampton. 

Clare is a Chartered Geomatics Surveyor and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and 

the British Cartographic Society. Clare is a Management Board Member for the British Urban and Regional 

Information Systems Association (BURISA) and Editorial Board Member for the Survey Review journal. She 

has presented at a wide variety of conferences and seminars. 

HAGAN, Allan 

Allan has had a long career as a GIS professional and has developed his skills as GIS-related technology has 

advanced. He began working for BT in the mid 1980s and using spatial data. The projects in which he has 

been involved in focused on developing software that has resulted in highly successful systems that continue 

to be used today. One of his current projects is to design the system to deploy OS Master Map within BT. 

HAJOK, Alexandra 

Alexandra is a GI Adviser at Natural England where she is responsible for managing their internet GI 

presence. Her experience includes geographical data management, analysis, GIS development, technical 

support and training. She is particularly interested in the use of GIS for physical geography and 

environmental applications, and has previously held GIS roles at Worcestershire County Council and on the 

Habitat Biodiversity Audit at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Alexandra has a BSc in Geography from the 

University of Hull and an MSc in Geographical Information Systems from the University of Leicester. 

HALOCHA, John 

John is Head of Geography at Bishop Grosseteste University College in Lincoln. John has a BEd in 

Geography from University of Cambridge and an MA in Education from Open University. John has published 

2 sole authored books, 9 book chapters, 16 journal articles and 25 conference papers. John has recently 

been using ICT to develop geographical understanding and pupil’s awareness of the wider world. He has 

published research that has been used to develop policy at the QCA and has worked with the TTA to prepare 

teaching materials for the national curriculum. In addition to his research John is also an officer and council 

member of the Geographical Association and is a committee member of the IGU Commission for Geography 

Education British Sub-Committee. John Halocha is President of the Geographical Association for the year 

2009-2010 

HARDY, Ben 

Ben is a Senior Transport Consultant working in the Strategy and Sustainable Transport team in Mouchel. 

Ben has a honours degree in Geography and a masters degree in GIS, both from the University of Leeds. He 

started his career in 2004 as a Geographic Analyst for the world's leading Satellite Navigation company 

where he created and maintained the GIS database. Since 2006 Ben has worked for Mouchel, applying his 

knowledge in Geography and GIS to the Transport Planning team, specialising in Strategy and Sustainable 

Transport. 

HARPER, Gillian 

Gillian is Operations Director of Mayhew Harper Associates, providing consultancy on geographical data 

management and analysis specialising in local population estimations and service planning intelligence. She 

has over 10 years experience of working with administrative datasets for household level analysis in the local 

authority, PCT and research environments, including the London Borough of Brent and Birkbeck College. 

Gillian obtained a distinction in Geographic Information Science from UCL with a Masters thesis on using 

administrative data to model local conditions, and has recently completed an UPTAP Research Fellow at 

Cass Business School. 

HARRIS, Amy 

Amy has a BSc in Geography from Loughborough University and 7 years' experience working as a GIS 

Consultant. Amy is currently a GIS Consultant at URS Infrastructure and Environment UK. As part of the 

dedicated GIS team at URS Amy works on a wide variety of UK and international projects for both internal 

and external clients, involving data creation, data management, data visualization, spatial analysis, mobile 

GIS and web GIS solutions. Prior to working at URS Amy worked for GIS consultancy and software 

developers ACTIVE Solutions. 


HARRIS, Simon 

Simon is currently Head of Geography at Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School in Rochester, Kent. 

He studied a BA degree in Geography at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and a PGCE at Canterbury 

Christ Church University before joining the Geography Department at Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar 

School. Simon helped his school gain Humanities Specialist School Status in 2007, and since then has 

established links with Canterbury Christ Church University to provide an annual Geography lecture 

conference for Medway schools. His department was re-awarded the Secondary Geography Quality Mark 

(with Centre of Excellence) in September 2011. 

HARTLEY, William 

William has spent most of his career with HM Prison Service although he has worked as an inspector of 

probation and as a project manager for the National Lotteries Charities Board, carrying out a strategic review 

of accommodation. He has been able to apply his geographical knowledge notably in the field of change 

management. William has a BA Geography from Huddersfield Polytechnic and an LLB from Liverpool 

Polytechnic. Research interests and publications have focused on the historical geography of coal mining in 

West Yorkshire and the development of the railway industry. He is a Fellow of the North of England Institute 

of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. 

HAY, Iain 

Iain Hay is Mathew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Geography at Flinders University, South Australia. He 

completed his PhD at the University of Washington as a Fulbright Scholar and recently received a LittD from 

the University of Canterbury for 20+ years of post-doctoral work on geographies of domination and 

oppression. He is author or editor of a dozen books including Money, Medicine and Malpractice in American 

Society (Praeger 1992); Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography (3rd edn Oxford 2010); and 

Geographies of the Super-Rich (Edward Elgar 2013); is General Editor of Springer's new 'International 

Handbooks of Human Geography' series; and has had editorial roles with journals that include Applied 

Geography, Ethics, Place and Environment and Social and Cultural Geography. He served as Head of the 

School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders University over the period 

2000-6 and, in 2006, received the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year. Iain 

is immediate past-President of the Institute of Australian Geographers. His webpage is at: 

http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/iain.hay. 

HAYNES, Heather 

Heather holds degrees in Geography BSc (Leeds), MSc Oceanography (Southampton) and PhD in Civil 

Engineering (Heriot-Watt) and is currently a Lecturer in Water Engineering and Director of the Hydraulic 

Research Laboratory at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on fluvial sediment transport, 

including projects on traditional particle entrainment, fine sediment siltation in salmon spawning gravels, 

biostabilisation of river beds and wider research into pollutant studies in Sustainable urban Drainage Systems 

and urban flood modelling systems. By looking outside-the-box at instrumentation, she was also one of the 

first researchers to employ medically-based Magnetic Resonance Imaging to examine the internal structure of 

river bed sediments. She supervises a range of related PhD research activities involving external funding 

from EPSRC, Nuffield Foundation, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, British Society for Geomorphology, 

Scottish Natural Heritage and industry. She also has collaboration with HR Wallingford, Scottish 

Environmental Protection Agency and a number of national and international universities. Her related 

undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities include Sustainable River Management & Engineering, 

Hydrology, Water Engineering (floods, geomorphology & coasts) and Design (canal restoration) where she 

actively promotes fieldtrips and flume-based learning. 

HETHERINGTON, David 

David works for Ove Arup and Partners as a fluvial geomorphologist and flood risk manager, with a strong 

interest in spatial data and advanced measurement techniques including lidar. He has a Bachelors degree in 

Geography, a Masters degree in Catchment Dynamics and Management and a PhD in the use or remote 

sensing in river environments. His PhD tested and developed appropriate methodologies for terrestrial lidar 

scanning for use in geomorphology, hydrology, geography and river surveying. David has expertise relating to 

meander theory, pool-riffle hydraulics and sediment transport. David coordinates the Remote Sensing and 

Geomorphology groups within his organisation, which employs around 10000 people globally. David is part of 

the Arup European Water Management Team. David's day to day project work relates to River Restoration, 

Geomorphological Appraisal, Flood Risk Management, Hydraulic modelling (HEC-RAS, ISIS), Flood 

Forecasting (ReFH, FEH), Sediment Transport and general Geomatics. David has strong University links and 

is part of active international research groups conducting projects relating to geomorphology, hydraulics, lidar, 

surveying and interpolation, sedimentology, 3D visualisation and forestry. David's current Arup research 

projects have developed skills and services relating to visual flood simulation, 3D flood risk mapping, and 

CFD modelling of channels. David has reviewed for the IEEE IGARSS (International Geoscience and Remote 


Sensing Society) Symposiums and the International Journal of Remote Sensing. He sits on the Ordnance 

Survey and Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPsoc) lidar special interest committee. David 

is a Member of RSPsoc, and the River Restoration Centre (RRC). David is a full member of CIWEM 

(MCIWEM) with CSci and CEnv statuses. 

HILL, James 

Jim is the Director of the Geospatial Intelligence Directorate (GID), Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) 

located in Quantico, VA. He manages a staff of 94 professionals providing GEOINT support to the 

Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Operational Marine Forces, and the Intelligence 

Community. He provides strategic direction, technical mentorship, resource management, and is responsible 

for fostering GEOINT collaborative relationships with the international GEOINT community. Jim is a Fellow of 

the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and a 

licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia, Maryland, and Florida, USA. He holds a MSc in Defence 

Geographic Information, Royal School of Military Survey, Army Survey Course, Cranfield University; a MSc in 

Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University; and a BSc in Civil Engineering (Water Resources) 

from The Ohio State University. Mr. Hill has been honored with the receipt of two National Intelligence 

Meritorious Unit Citations for his engineering/geospatial efforts during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and the 

Simpson-Leica Prize upon graduation from the Army Survey Course in 2008. 

HILL, Jennifer 

Jennifer is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at University of West England, Bristol. Jennifer has a BA in 

Geography from St Anne’s College Oxford, an MA in Geography and a PhD from University of Wales 

Swansea. In addition to her research and teaching commitments Jennifer also delivers lectures through the 

local Geographical Association and regularly publishes in material aimed at A-level students. Most recently 

Jennifer has been elected as a Member of the Faculty Board within the Built Environment and Applied 

Sciences at UWE. 

HITCH, Stuart 

Stuart is currently Head of Geography at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, where he has been 

instrumental in promoting the use of ICT within the curriculum. He has worked with a variety of organisations 

including Staffordshire Learning Net, Manchester Metropolitan University, Ferl, Philip Allan Updates and the 

RGS-IBG. He has also developed his own geography resources website, along with a departmental website. 

HOBSON, Jane 

Jane is a Social Development Adviser at the Department for International Development (DFID), currently 

working on the AIDS and Reproductive Health Team. Previous posts in DFID have included working on 

governance issues in fragile states, on DFID's Sierra Leone country programme and on policy teams focused 

on social exclusion and on urbanisation. Prior to joining DFID she worked as a planner for the NGO Shelter 

Associates in Pune, India, working with slumdwellers on low-cost housing, infrastructure and GIS-based 

surveys. She has also worked as a teacher, including teaching Geography at the United World College, 

Pune, India. She has a BA in Geography from University of Cambridge and an MSc in Urban Development 

Planning from University College London, and studied South Asian studies as an exchange student at 

Heidelberg University. 

HOEY, Kirstin 

Kirstin is Head of Geography at Canford School in Dorset, prior to which she taught at schools in Berkshire 

and Devon. A Cambridge graduate, Kirstin has been involved in the GA’s Independent Schools Working 

Group. This has led her to secure funding for a GA branch in Dorset, where she participates in CPD with 

other local schools. Her CPD record includes both internal and external inset, and she has organized a 

Geography Society at her school. Kirstin is also an examiner and has strong links with several universities 

after acting as a PGCE mentor. 

HOLCROFT, Chris 

Since 2007 Chris Holcroft has been the Director & CEO of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) 

the UK national membership body for all with an interest in Geographic Information. Chris is also a member of 

the UK Location Council, a body which provides leadership and strategic direction for the implementation of 

the UK Location Strategy and the INSPIRE Directive. He sits on the Open Source GeoSpatial Laboratory 

Advisory Board and IST/36 the British Standards Committee for Geographic Information. He was also a 

member of the UK GI Panel, the ministerial advisory body which produced 'Location Matters - A Location 

Strategy for the United Kingdom', (published 2008). Chris is an editorial advisor and columnist for GIS 

Professional and editorial contributor to other professional magazine titles, including Geoconnexion, Public 

Sector Executive and Government Technology. He has over 21 years’ professional experience in a variety of 

roles in the geographic information market place, including 5 years working in Geographic Information 


Systems (GIS) in Tokyo, Japan, for a leading local distributor. Chris also has marketing, business 

development, channel and product management experience in the UK and the APAC region, including 

Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. He graduated with a BSc in 

Geography from the London School of Economics in 1997 where he also won the Ormsby prize for his 

dissertation on Travel to Work Patterns in SE England. 

HOLDEN, Joseph 

Joseph is Chair of Physical Geography at the University of Leeds where he is Director of water@leeds, an 

interdisciplinary water research centre with 150 members and he is also Director of Research for the School 

of Geography. Joseph has an undergraduate Geography degree from Fitzwilliam College, University of 

Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Durham. In 2002 he was awarded a prestigious NERC 

Research Fellowship. In 2007 he received the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 'compelling recognition of 

outstanding research achievements' and he also became the youngest Professor in the UK at the time. 

Joseph has led dozens of major research projects, published over 100 papers, chapters and reports and 

edited a major geography textbook. He currently holds research grants where his components of the research 

are worth around £2M. He has made regular appearances on TV, radio and newspapers. 

HOME, Rollo 

Rollo has been an enthusiast of Geography since his youth, inspired initially by the landscape while traipsing 

over his native Dartmoor. From these sojourns, an interest in expeditionary travel developed. With the 

experiences gained from the British Schools Exploring Society (Yukon 1990), he worked as a member of a 

number of independent (some even RGS-IBG registered) climbing expeditions to mountain regions of, 

Norway (1991), Iceland (1992), Svalbard (1993, 1999), Pakistan (2001), Greenland (2003), Finland (2004) 

and Morocco (2005). It was a natural decision for Rollo to read Geography at Queen Mary College, University 

of London (BA). However it was subsequently while studying at University of California, Santa Barbara 

(UCSB) that he was first introduced to GIS. Upon graduation he undertook an MSc in GIS at the University of 

Edinburgh, and has worked in the GI sector ever since. He has been fortunate to have worked on GI 

applications around the world and in a range of sectors for both large corporations (Halcrow Group Ltd, COWI 

A/S) and a small start-up (the Austrian based CityGRID GmbH), and more recently as the Senior Product 

Manager, 3D for Ordnance Survey. Rollo has been involved with the Association for Geographic Information 

(AGI) for a number of years, (re)establishing the #AGI_NG and working on the GeoCommunity and W3G 

conferences. He established and continues to coordinate the #Geo_SW group. He presents a personal (if 

somewhat infrequent) slant on 'all things GIS' at his blog #SpatialNeeds (www.rollo-home.co.uk). 

HOOKE, Janet 

Janet is Professor of Physical Geography at University of Liverpool. Janet has a BSc (Hons) in Geography 

from University of Bristol and a PhD from University of Exeter. Janet’s research interests include fluvial 

geomorphology, coastal geomorphology and environmental management. In addition to the work Janet does 

within the academic realm, she is also involved in research consultancies, providing practical 

geomorphological advice to agencies. 

HORNBY, David 

Currently working as a Flood Risk Mapping and Data Management Officer for the Environment Agency. 

HORNER, David 

David is a Board member of a housing association and of a workspace project in Glasgow. Until recently he 

was the Project Manager working on long term strategic planning of housing for the eight local authorities 

which comprise the Glasgow & the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority. During his career 

in the public and not-for-profit sectors, he has developed extensive experience of urban regeneration, 

including providing strategic leadership to regeneration programmes in Glasgow and Leeds. He has also 

been a guest lecturer and published a number of papers. David has a BSc (Strathclyde), MSc (Leeds 

Metropolitan), MEd (Glasgow), and is a chartered planner (MRTPI) and surveyor (MRICS). 

HOUGHTON, Frank 

Frank is a Lecturer at the Limerick Institute of Technology. He has a PhD in health/medical geography from 

the National University of Ireland – Maynooth, which explored the impact of the social environment 

(particularly social differentiation/ inequality) on health. 

HOWARD, Barry 

Barry is Director of Hunter Outdoor Training, an outdoor education and training company based in Leigh on 

Sea, Essex. He was a geographer teacher for over 30 years, including a Head of Department, in secondary 

education. His specialism was and still is fieldwork techniques, having led courses across the UK and in 

Iceland. After significant lobbying he persuaded the school to establish a new Outdoor Education Department 


which saw every one of the 1800 pupils undertake timetabled outdoor pursuits. This was repeatedly praised 

in three successive Ofsted inspections, and gained recognition from the Institute for Outdoor learning, and 

The British Sports Trust. In 1997 Barry was appointed Britain’s first ‘Outdoor Education Champion’ by the 

then National Association for Outdoor Education. A major work has been compiling and maintaining the first 

UK Educational Visits National Accident Register. Barry is a Churchill Fellow (2002). This included 

incorporating his accident research in a study of Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish education systems’ visits 

safety. To date Barry has led over 170 residential courses and expeditions, and over 3,000 day courses. 

Over 2000 young people pass annually through the residential centre that he manages. The most recent 

(2008) initiative is being appointed Project Manager for a Centre of Excellence in Outdoor Education in south 

Essex, which includes a fully curriculum-linked investigation of a school site as a living environmental 

laboratory. 

HUBAND, Marcus 

Marc is a Chief Hydrologist with Atkins - a large multi-disciplinary engineering and science consultancy. His 

principal technical interests are flood risk and water resource management. His professional career with 

Atkins has included management and technical roles in flood hazard assessment, flood forecasting / warning 

and catchment management strategies. Prior to joining Atkins in 1997 he worked as a hydrologist for the 

Environment Agency and National Rivers Authority managing hydrometric networks, developing / maintaining 

flood forecasting systems and supporting the maintenance and development of flood defences. He also 

worked briefly as a volunteer water engineer in Guatemala. Marc graduated from Swansea University with a 

BA in Geography and from Cranfield University with an MSc in Environmental Water Management. 

HUDSON, Ray 

Ray has a BA, PhD and DSc from University of Bristol and a DSc from Rosklide University. His main teaching 

and research interests lie in political-economic geography, particularly geographies of production and the 

politics and policies of territorial development. Ray has an extensive publications list and has been editor or 

author on 20 published books. In addition to his work as the Director of the Wolfson Research Institute at the 

University of Durham, has been strongly involved with the Royal Geographical Society with IBG and in 1989 

was awarded the Edward Heath Award. Ray has also been involved with the ESRC over the past 10 years. 

HUGHES, Richard 

Richard is the specialist in heritage-related matters for Ove Arup consultancy firm. His specialties are 

structural evaluation and conservation of historic buildings and archaeological sites. He gives scientific advice 

to many firms of engineers and architects on engineering practices relating to historic sites, as well as correct 

use of traditional building materials, especially wood, soil and stone. He is internationally well known for his 

work on traditional structures in hazard prone areas (affected by earthquakes and floods) and on the new use 

of soil as a structural building material. Over the last two decades he has conserved many buildings in 

northern Pakistan and has won several UNESCO awards for his work. He has been extensively involved with 

the science of in-situ preservation of archaeological remains and has widely published on this subject. 

HUME, David 

David is currently a Principal GIS Consultant at URS Ltd. He manages a small team of GIS and Information 

Systems professionals that are responsible for delivering GIS to internal and external clients. David 

graduated in 2001 from University of Portsmouth with a BSc (Hons) degree in Geographical Science and has 

worked in the GIS sector ever since. His role within the company is to promote the use of GIS, manage 

projects and deliver solutions to clients, manage, analyse, visualise and distribute spatial data throughout the 

company for both corporate and commercial use. David is always investigating new advances within the field 

of GIS and actively passes his knowledge on to other GIS users within the company. 

HUNT, Glyn 

Having graduated with a BSc Geography & Topographic Science degree from Swansea in 1998, Glyn has 

been involved in a wide range of "Geomatic" professions ever since, both underground, on land offshore 

globally. He considers himself a more "practical" Geographer, using a range of different skills in his everyday 

work. Currently he works as Senior Surveyor with the new Forth Bridge construction project (Scotland, UK, 

£790M), with a range of geodetic, topographic, hydrographic and construction responsibilities. Previously he 

has worked for as a Hydrographic Surveyor for Fugro Surveys Ltd (Aberdeen, UK), and a Chartered Land 

Surveyor for Davies's Surveyors (Cardiff, UK). Partly trained on site, and partly through additional courses 

including a MSc in Satellite Positioning Technology (Nottingham, 2003). His MSc dissertation investigated 

the then emerging geodetic changes within the OSGB regarding their height datums, the first major study into 

this area. Glyn is also a Fellow of the British Cartographic Society, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil 

Engineering Surveyors (Geospatial Engineering division), and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered 

Surveyors (Chartered Land Surveyor, Geomatics Faculty). 


HUNT, Paul 

Paul is currently Head of Geography at The Appleton School. Prior to this he was Head of Humanities at St 

Peter's High School and Technology College. He has a BSc in Geography from Queen Mary, University of 

London, a PGCE from the University of East Anglia and an MA in Geography in Education from the Institute 

of Education. Paul has produced several Geography CPD toolkits for the Specialist Schools and Academies 

Trust. Current interests include developing Podcasts for GCSE students and interactive whiteboard materials 

for KS3 and 4. Paul is an active member of the Mid Essex Geography Network meetings. 

HURT, John 

John is a geography and History teacher at Seoul International School in Seoul, South Korea, prior to which 

he was a High School Social Studies and Geography Teacher in Colorado, USA. John has a BA (Hons) in 

Geography from University of Durham, a Teaching Certificate from Department of Education State of 

Missouri, a Master of Education and MA in History from University of Missouri. In addition to his role as a 

teacher, John is an active member of the Colorado Geographic Alliance and the National Council for Social 

Studies. John received international recognition when he received the National Council for Geographic 

Education’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1999. John is also an endorsed consultant with The College 

Board in the United States, and in this capacity conducts workshops at both the western regional and national 

level for new and experienced Advanced Placement Human Geography teachers. He has also recently 

published an Advanced Placement Human Geography Test Prep book, which he co-authored with his wife, 

Shanna Hurt (listed as a 2008 publication: ISBN-13: 978-0-13-173210-0). This is a test prep book for the 

Advanced Placement Human Geography examination specifically to accompany 'The Cultural Landscape: An 

Introduction to Human Geography,' 9th. edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, by James Rubenstein (one of the 

major Advanced Placement Human Geography texts). 

ILBERY, Brian 

Brian has been Professor of Rural Studies at the University of Gloucestershire since September 2006 where 

he works at the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI). His research interests are 

agricultural change and policy, rural development, alternative farm enterprises, short food supply chains and 

local/regional speciality food and drink products. He was previously Professor of Human Geography at 

Coventry University, as well as being the Associate Dean (Research) for the School of Science and the 

Environment. Brian has a BA (Hons) in Geography and a PhD in Agricultural Geography both from University 

of Swansea. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles, over 30 chapters in books and 9 books. He 

has secured research funding from bodies such as the European Commission, DEFRA (and the former 

MAFF), ESRC, DFID and the Countryside Agency. 

INCE, Matthew 

Matthew holds a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Catchment Dynamics and 

Management from the University of Leeds. He has been working in the Atkins Rivers & Coastal team based 

out of Bristol since 2008. Matthew's expertise is primarily with delivery of hydrodynamic modelling (1D/2D), 

flood risk assessment and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) solutions for a range of public and private 

sector clients. Aside from his experience in flood risk management, he has also been involved with projects 

on water resource management, habitat creation, climate change and strategic flood and coastal 

management. Matthew is a proficient GIS user with significant experience in ArcGIS, SAGA, QGIS and 

MapInfo for flood risk mapping, data analysis and management applications. He also has a particular interest 

in the development of open source GIS solutions. 

INKPEN, Robert 

Robert is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at University of Portsmouth. He has a BA in Geography from 

Hertford College, Oxford and a PhD from University College London. Robert’s research interests focus on 

geomorphology and weathering, and he has recently published a book on the philosophy of physical 

geography. Robert uses photogrammetry and DEM to investigate landslides and more recently has begun 

focusing his research on historical geography, looking at stone degradation. 

JAMES, Sarah 

Sarah gained her BSc in Geography from Plymouth University in 2003 (2:2). She went onto to study GIS 

disctinction at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2004, and since graduating she has 

worked for a number of different firms. Sarah started as a GIS analyst and has now progressed to the role of 

Project Manager for Mouchel Maps, where she has been working since April 2008. 

JEAVONS, Sarah 

Formerly worked in GIS for Local Government and is now a GIS specialist for Ove ARUP and partners, a 

major consultancy which spans the business areas of environment, transportation, infrastructure and 

planning. Sarah has a Geography degree from the University of Bristol. 


JOHNSON, David 

David is Executive Secretary to the OSPAR Commission and Professor Emeritus of Coastal Management at 

Southampton Solent University. David has a BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography from Bristol, an MSc in 

Recreational Land Management Studies from Reading and a PhD in Conserving Intertidal Wetlands from 

Nottingham Trent. David specialises in Coastal Zone Management; Ecology and habitat management; 

Recreation and amenity land management; and Environmental protection, assessment and audit. David 

recently co-ordinated an international feasibility study evaluating the potential of the Wadden Sea as a 

Particularly Sensitive Sea Area and was a recipient of a short-term Caird Research Fellow, sponsored by the 

National Maritime Museum. David is also a Visiting Professor at the World Maritime University, Malmo, 

Sweden 

JOHNSON, Richard 

Richard is a Geomorphologist with Halcrow Group, an engineering consultancy firm. He has a BSc in 

Geography from the University of Nottingham and a PhD in Geomorphology from Durham University. His 

research interests lie in sediment fluxes in mountainous catchments and flood geomorphology and the 

palaeo-hydrology of upland rivers. Much of his fieldwork has been in the Lake District and Northern England. 

From 2001 to 2006, Richard was a Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Central Lancashire 

where he taught a range of Physical Geography and Quaternary Environments modules. He also took 

fieldtrips within the UK and overseas. At Halcrow, Richard brings his understanding of the geomorphology of 

the sites for civil engineering projects in order to help achieve sustainable and environmentally sympathetic 

work. 

JOLLEYS, Robert 

Robert is Chief Instructor at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate. Robert has a BA (Hons) in 

Geography from University of Liverpool, a PGCE in Geography from the Institute of Education, London, an 

MSc (Econ) in International Relations from Aberystwyth and an MSc in Human Resource Management from 

University of Leicester. Robert has focused on the advancement of geography and geographical learning 

through his work at the Educational and Training Services Branch of the Army. Robert has been able to apply 

geographical knowledge and skills through his work in modern peacekeeping operations in the Balkans and 

Sierra Leone, including ethnic mapping and refugee movement studies. 

JONES, David 

David was Professor of Physical Geography at the London School of Economics and Head of Geography and 

Environment until his retirement in 2005. He has a BSc (Hons) in Geography with Ancillary Geology from 

King’s College London. His research interests include risk assessment and management, 

palaeogeomorphology, the character and evolution of alluvial carpets/floodplains, landslide hazard 

assessment and applied geomorphology, including mapping techniques. David has published books on a 

range of topics including Landsliding, Landslide Risk Assessment, Applied Geomorphology in Dry Lands and 

the Geomorphology of Southern England, as well as a large number of published papers and chapters. David 

was awarded the Cuthbert Peek Award by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in 1982. 

JONES, Jeremy 

Jeremy is the Corporate GIS Team Leader for Cardiff Council and has an MSc in GIS by distance learning 

from Salford University in 2003. Jeremy has been heavily involved with all things GIS since its introduction to 

the Council 1993. With a background in Civil Engineering he worked primarily in the Highways, 

Transportation and Land and Property arenas until 2000 when he became the Corporate GIS Team Leader 

and the GIS function was absorbed into a centralised IT. The position gave Jeremy the opportunity to 

coordinate the Authorities fragmented development and formulated the GIS Strategy for Cardiff. As Local 

Street Gazetteer (LSG) Custodian for Cardiff Jeremy has promoted the use of the NLPG as its core address 

database linking to back office systems. Jeremy has worked hard to promote the advantages of geographic 

information and the open use of data across the Authority, most notably in Cardiff Schools running inset days 

for geography teachers on ‘Geography through IT’ and the development of a searchable metadata browser in 

accordance with INSPIRE containing over 500 Council Corporate Datasets. 

JONES, Kelvyn 

Kelvyn is Professor of Quantitative Human Geography at University of Bristol. He has a BSc in Geography 

and a PhD in Geographical variations in mortality: an exploratory approach, both from University of 

Southampton. Kelvyn’s research interests focus on the geography of health, variations in mortality and 

morbidity and questions concerning how place characteristics interact with individual factors in producing illhealth. 

Kelvyn has two funded research projects at present; one funded by the Health Education Authority 

and the other by Wellcome Trust. In addition to his work at Bristol, Kelvyn has also been visiting professor at 

METHODOS, University of Louvian, Belgium and a visiting professor at Katholieke Universiteit Brussel. 


JONES, Mark 

Mark is a Senior Lecturer in Education and the Secondary Geography PGCE Tutor at the University of the 

West of England, Bristol. Mark has a MA in the Sociology and Anthropology of Travel and Tourism. He has 

been involved in the setting up of TDA funded programmes for teachers in the South West, has worked as a 

mentor to colleagues within his Higher Education Institution and has also designed modules for an MA 

Education programme. Previously Mark has been a Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, during 

which time he worked with partner schools, mentored trainee geography teachers, encouraged crosscurricular 

links and ran whole school and departmental CPD. He has contributed to numerous conferences, 

academic journals and articles, and has collaborated widely as a consultant and examiner with numerous 

organisations and schools throughout the UK. 

JONES, Peter 

Mr Peter Jones is Assistant Director Innovation Division within the Defence Geographic Centre. He has prime 

responsibility for the successful introduction of a major project for production and workflow management 

systems. He leads a team of 58 staff responsible for evaluating current and anticipated geographic 

capabilities against known and potential future user requirements, the development of prototyping and 

operational concept demonstrations using both commercial applications and in-house developments. He has 

worked in the Ministry of Defence for 30 years, the vast majority of which has been spent in the geospatial 

analysis discipline. He graduated from University College London with a BA in Geography and 20 years after 

completion he undertook a MA in Library and Information Systems at the same institution. During his time in 

the DGC he has worked on a wide variety of projects in many different roles. During the first Gulf War he was 

the lead for RAF Operational Support at the DGC, in recognition of which he was invested as a Member of 

the Order of the British Empire (MBE). He was the UK lead for a major joint US/UK project, spending eight 

months in Valley Forge Pennsylvania, working on system familiarisation and course design. More recently he 

enjoyed a temporary promotion to the post of Director International, during which time he travelled extensively 

on a global basis to negotiate access to geospatial material from other countries. He became President of 

The British Cartographic Society in November 2012. 

JONES, Simon 

Simon is currently Associate Dean, Student Experience in the Faculty of Business and Law at Leeds 

Metropolitan University. Previously he was Senior Lecturer in Environment and Technology at the University 

of Wales. He holds a PhD in Geography and MSc in Estuarine and Coastal Science and Management from 

the University of Hull, and BSc Geography from the Polytechnic of North London. Simon's interests are 

diverse and range from the subject specific (coastal and environmental science, environmental politics and 

the media interpretation of environmental phenomena/hazards) to the pedagogy and practice associated with 

geography and environmental sciences and thus student experience. As a member of the RGS Regional 

Committee for the South West and South Wales, Simon regularly organised lectures and field courses to 

promote geographical topics in the general public; and is regularly invited to publish and broadcast on topical 

geographical issues. Simon's research continues to be diverse, and includes investigating UK/Dutch/EU 

coastal zone policy, marine environmental conservation in the tropics, and the Welsh Assembly 

Government's implementation of coastal environmental law. 

JONES-EVANS, Alice 

Alice is an Engagement Manager at Esri UK working within the Professional Services Central Government 

Practice. Prior to this Alice has worked as the Corporate GIS Coordinator for English Heritage, at Atkins and 

the Veterinary Laboratory Agency. Alice has a BSc in Geography and an MSc in Geographical Information 

Science both from the University of Edinburgh. Alice is a RGS Ambassador and was an AGI council member 

2008-2010. 

JUSTHAM, James 

Jamie Justham founded Dotted Eyes in 1990. As a marketing consultant, he found himself creating a 

spreadsheet of business information for each client, and realised that there was always an associated map 

on the wall. Sometimes the map would show sales territories which were being reorganised, sometimes the 

response rate of regional advertising campaigns, sometimes the physical distribution premises and logistics. 

The Dotted Eyes business is the result of Jamie's determination to connect the information held in 

spreadsheets with the associated objects portrayed on maps. The company continues to specialise in the 

services of consultancy and development in the market for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In 1993 

Jamie conceived and created The Times World Map and Database, a pioneering consumer product which 

paved the way for interactive maps on CD-ROM and later on the World Wide Web. In 1995 he radically 

simplified the process of ordering raster images of Ordnance Survey maps by creating a promotional CD- 

ROM which included a graphical tile selector as well as sample tiles in a wide range of formats. Dotted Eyes 

then became one of the earliest resellers of value-added products based on data sets such as those 


published by Ordnance Survey, and the company has generated substantial and continuing growth by 

opening up new markets for digital mapping solutions. Dotted Eyes has introduced many innovations in the 

way geographical information can be collected, shared and used over the Internet. Jamie's passion for 

standards-based interoperability is widely acknowledged, and under his leadership Dotted Eyes has 

developed software which enables hundreds of organisations to make the most of their investment in data 

sets such as OS MasterMap. 

KAVANAGH, James 

James Kavanagh BSc (Hons) MRICS C.Geog CEnv is a Chartered Land Surveyor, Chartered Geographer 

and Chartered Environmentalist. James studied Geo-Survey at DIT, Ireland and Surveying & Mapping at 

UEL. He has worked on some of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe, including Canary Wharf and 

Broadgate - London and spent several years mapping refugee camps in the Middle East whilst working for 

the United Nations. James has broad experience of surveying in many countries around the world, including 

the Seychelles, Belgium, Palestine, Philippines, Syria, and Egypt. James is currently Director of Land, within 

the professional Groups and Forums department of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The 

Land Group contains the professional practices areas of Environment, Geomatics, Minerals & Waste 

Management, Rural and Planning & Development and contains over 26,000 members. 

KEDAR, John 

Colonel John Kedar FInstRE, FRGS, CGeog is a serving officer in the British Army. He has followed a career 

that has seen a multitude of operational deployments across Belize, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, as 

well as more traditional roles in UK, Cyprus and Germany. Early in his career he joined the Survey (now 

Geographical) Branch of the Royal Engineers, passed the Army Survey Course (now an MSc Course) and 

most of his employment over the last 20 years has been in that field. This included being the professional 

head of the Branch, responsible for the development of its future capabilities and the leadership of this 

specialist organisation. 

KELLY, Owen 

Owen is the team leader of the Statutory Processes team within the Environment Division of Mouchel Limited. 

He manages teams working on major infrastructure projects who are responsible for the collection and 

collation of land ownership and occupier details during the planning and consultation stages of projects to 

ensure legal compliance in terms of the statutory documentation required, as well as providing support during 

the development and construction of these projects once the powers have been gained by ensuring that 

affected parties are correctly notified in accordance with the relevant legislation. This involves the managing 

the data input and data manipulation on the dedicated database and GIS systems used for these projects. 

Major infrastructure projects that he has been involved with include High Speed 2, the redevelopment of 

Birmingham New Street Station, Thames Tunnel project, Crossrail and the Thameslink Programme. 

KEMELING, Ilona 

llona is a consultant in the water industry with a background in agriculture and physical geography. llona has 

worked in development and research projects in Africa, Asia, the US and many countries in Europe, as 

student and postgraduate researcher. Her fields of expertise are geospatial analysis and interpretation and 

management of large datasets, using relational databases, GIs and statistical methods. llona has MSc 

degrees in 'Erosion and Soil & Water Conservation' and 'Geographical information Science', both from 

Wageningen University in The Netherlands. For her PhD at the Geography Department of the University of 

Durham, she developed a subsidence model and tested Remote Sensing technology for a mining company in 

the UK. For her current employer MWH, llona has worked on a number of asset management projects for 

different water companies in the UK. Her responsibilities include leading and developing methodologies to 

process and analyse geographical data. She is an active member of the international GIS community and is 

currently based in Edinburgh. 

KERVELL, Andrew 

Andrew is a Masters qualified engineer, with over 12 years experience in the application of spatial technology 

and data management within hydrology, infrastructure engineering and humanitarian development. Andrew 

has worked around the world, including four years in Cambodia, where he worked on a capacity building 

project training local government staff in the use of GIS and GPS within landmine clearance planning. Andrew 

currently works for Arup (consulting engineers) integrating the use of spatial technology and techniques in 

large civil infrastructure projects such as Crossrail. Andrew is also a deployable volunteer with the disaster 

rapid response charity MapAction, and was deployed to Pakistan in support of the 2010 flood humanitarian 

response. 


KEYWORTH, Steve 

Steve is a Director of Environment Systems with strategic and technical consultancy skills in GIS and remote 

sensing combined with demonstrated project management expertise. His experience ranges from strategic 

European landscape scale projects to large scale, parcel level studies. Steve has a BSc in Geographical 

Science from the University of Portsmouth. After graduating he joined Adas (a government agency within the 

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which was then privatised in 1999). In 2003, Steve and two 

colleagues set up Environment Systems Ltd, a geographic and environmental information consultancy, as a 

spin out company from the University of Wales Aberystwyth. He currently has responsibility for business 

development activity and the development of strategic partnerships. Steve is a past Chair of AGI 

(Association of Geographic Information) Cymru and provides industry support to Masters programmes in GIS 

and remote sensing at Aberystwyth and Leicester. 

KINDER, Alan 

Alan is the Advisory Teacher for Geography for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham School 

Improvement Service. Prior to this, Alan worked as a Head of Geography, Head of Humanities and as a Field 

Studies Officer. He is also a Regional Subject Advisor and National Consultant to the CfBT KS3 programme, 

Subject Coordinator for the QCA exemplification of standards (EXOS) project, a Geographical Association 

Consultant and Chair of the Geographical Association Education Committee. Alan is the co-editor of the GA 

Geography Toolkit and regular contributor to publications such as Teaching Geography. 

KIRKBY, Michael 

Mike is Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds (Emeritus since 2002). He has a BA in 

Mathematics and Geography and a PhD in Geomorphology, both from University of Cambridge. Mike’s 

research interests focus on hillslope sediment transport processes; the relationship between hillslope process 

and form; hillslope and network hydrology and models for landscape evolution and soil erosion at global to 

hillslope scales. Recent grants include the EC funded MEDALUS, PESERA and DESURVEY projects on 

Mediterranean desertification, erosion and water quality. Mike was awarded the Gill Memorial Award by the 

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in 1976 and the Founder’s Medal in 1999. He is a Fellow of the 

American Geophysical Union. 

KITCHEN, Rebecca 

Becky is Curriculum Manager for Humanities and Head of Geography at Aylesbury High School in 

Buckinghamshire. She has been a member of the Geographical Association’s Secondary Phase Committee 

since 2009 and has presented workshops and research findings at national conferences. In 2011 her 

department was awarded the Geographical Association’s Secondary Geography Quality Mark Centre of 

Excellence status and in 2009 she was presented with the Ordnance Survey Award for contributions to 

Geography in Secondary Education. She has authored a variety of articles and resources including Teaching 

Geography, GCSE Bitesize, Geography Teaching Today and KS3 Geography, a new series of textbooks 

published by Collins in conjunction with the Geographical Association, and has examined at A level for both 

Edexcel and AQA. She has just achieved a distinction in her MA in Education at Oxford Brookes, where her 

dissertation investigated Year 7s perceptions of geographical knowledge, and is hoping to embark on an EdD 

at the University of Cambridge in October 2012. 

KNIGHT, Peter 

Peter is Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Keele University. Peter has a BA in Geography from 

University of Oxford and a PhD in Geography from University of Aberdeen. Peter has a significant number of 

publications and has received research grants from the Royal Society, the Leverhulme Trust and NERC. He 

is also actively involved with the Geographical Association and has recently published a book in their 

"Changing Geography" series aimed at 16-18 year olds. Peter was awarded a Higher Education Authority 

National Teaching Fellowship in 2008. 

KYTE, Peter 

Peter has dual Chartered Town Planner (1985) and Chartered Geographer (2004) status, has been a town 

planner for 20 years and is the Principal of the planning consultancy, Peter D Kyte Associates, and 

Planning Director of Enabling Projects Ltd. He is also an approved assessor (2007) for the EcoHomes 

and Code of Sustainable Homes methods of assessing the sustainability of residential developments. His 

broad ranging work focuses on the formulation, submission and negotiation of a wide range of urban projects, 

addressing development problems, resolving issues and creating community benefits. More recently he has 

set up a new initiative as an Urban Photographer, which he has called FOTOG. Peter seeks to 

photographically celebrate all that makes up our urban and social environment - cultural events, festivals, 

people in the street, people at work, people at play, architecture and open spaces, regeneration and 

community action projects. 


LAMBLE, Darren 

Darren is an experienced GIS Analyst and Project Manager currently responsible for managing geospatial 

projects and data analysis for a UK/Europe-based group of information businesses owned by a global media 

company. As part of this role, Darren investigates the whole data lifecycle from initial evaluation through to 

implementation and configuration for new innovative business products and data solutions. Darren is a 

PRINCE2 practitioner, a GIS postgraduate and a keen geographer with professional interests in: Geo-spatial 

data; GI project design and mobile technologies. Darren's professional background is varied and includes 

appointments in both private and public sector organisations including: South West Water; Dartmoor National 

Park Authority; and more recently the UK's leading supplier of land and property search information, 

Landmark Information Group, who provide digital mapping, planning and environmental risk information. Prior 

to GIS, Darren read Agriculture and Wildlife Conservation covering academic interests such as Environmental 

Impact Assessment and applied conservation and policy. Darren has recently managed projects including the 

implementation of an organisation-wide GI Metadata and data discovery tool, a historical mapping iPhone 

application and a WFS data feed. 

LANG, Robert 

Robert is a geography teacher at King Edward VI Five Ways School in Birmingham. He has been an active 

member of the Geographical Association (GA) since his career began and is currently a member of the 

Association’s ICT working group and a regional subject advisor. He is currently a SSAT Lead Practioner. He 

has participated in and led a variety of inset and CPD opportunities focusing on GIS. He participates regularly 

in local meetings for geography teachers including setting up a new GA branch and RGS teacher’s network in 

Birmingham, and has also developed links with local universities. He has been involved in the school 

achieving the GA’s Secondary Geography Quality Mark Centre of Excellence award. 

LANGTON, Richard 

Richard is the Deputy Head of Queen Mary's Grammar School in Walsall with a responsibility for the 

curriculum, as well as teaching and learning. Until July 2011, he was the Head of Geography at Lawrence 

Sheriff School in Rugby. He received his BA in Geography from the University of Birmingham in 1999 and 

qualified as a teacher in 2000. He also has a MA in Geography in Education from the Institute of Education at 

the University of London. Richard has led World Challenge expeditions to India, Tanzania and Chile, where 

he has established links with schools in these countries. He has developed numerous fieldwork trips and has 

worked extensively on cross curricular links. He has devised resources for (and led CPD on) Geography in 

the News resources through the RGS. Richard completed the Leadership Pathways course through the 

NCSL in September 2011. 

LARKIN, Maria 

Maria is currently the Lead Teacher of Geography at Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove. During her 

career Maria has also worked on numerous occasions with Brighton and Hove Local Authority, which has 

involved the presentation of inset across the area, development of resources, support and more. She has 

participated in the ‘Connecting Classrooms’ project with Tanzania and Senegal, helped the school attain its 

International Schools Award and is also instrumental in the success of the CPD network being run in Brighton 

and Hove (with RGS-IBG support). 

LAW, Penelope 

Penny is Senior Geographer at Antwerp International School where she is developing the school's field 

studies programme for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Penny has a BA (Hons) in 

Applied Social Science from Kingston University. Her MSc in Urban and Regional Planning and PhD in 

Environmental Politics are both from the London School of Economics. Penny's research interest is in the 

development and funding of environmental interest groups. Her PGCE (Geography) is from the Institute of 

Education. Whilst Penny was a director of the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, she worked with 

the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the creation of an Environmental Charter for the UK Overseas 

Territories. As founder member and activist for the Interdisciplinary Research Network on Environment and 

Society, Penny developed the initiative into a pan-European network under ESRC funding. She was formerly 

a director, later, Chair, of the British Association of Nature Conservationists, publishers of the conservation 

journal, ECOS. 

LAWRENCE, Ian 

I am a married man with 2 children and live a stone's throw from the sea and a long run from hills in the 

geologically significant town of Stonehaven, Scotland. I have worked 20+ years with Shell in a Geomatics 

discipline. My background is Cartography but I moved into the GIS world some years ago now. I have been 

very lucky to have worked for Shell in GeoInformation as the company recognises GIS and Geomatics as 

valuable to its business. This has allowed me to progress my career in GIS and constantly develop my skills. 

GI and GIS in turn, has delivered good value to Shell. The last 10-15 years have been very exciting ones for 


the world of GIS and GI and it will be interesting to see where we are 10 years from here. Exciting times 

ahead and it's important to keep learning and developing skills in what is a rapidly changing industry. I have 

always had a keen interest in maps from a very young age and now they help me to ramble over the Scottish 

Countryside and plan my marathon training. 

LAWRENCE, Vanessa 

Vanessa is Director General and Chief Executive Officer at Ordnance Survey, and a Non-Executive Director 

of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. She has a BA (Hons) Geography from University of Sheffield, and 

an MSc in Remote Sensing, Image Processing and its Applications from University of Dundee. She has been 

awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University from Oxford Brookes and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of 

Laws from the University of Dundee. In addition, she has been awarded Honorary Degrees of Doctor of 

Science from the University of Sheffield, Kingston University and from the Nottingham Trent University on 

behalf of Southampton Institute. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors 

and has also received an Honorary Fellowship from University College, London, where until recently she was 

an external examiner. She is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Science, 

Kingston University, and at the Department of Geography at the University of Southampton, where she was 

appointed a member of the Council in 2002. She is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a 

Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and a member of the Council of the Royal Geographical 

Society. 

LEE, Andrew 

Andrew is Head of Juniors at St Paul’s School (Colet Court), London. He has a DPhil in Social Geography 

from the University of Oxford, having been supervised by Professor David Harvey, a BA (Hons) (Sydney) and 

a PGCE (Geography) South Bank, London. He has taught at Hertford College, Oxford where he was College 

Lecturer in Geography and in the Department of Geography at St Paul’s College at the University of Sydney. 

He has also taught at Westminster School, London, The Dragon School, Oxford and Cranbrook School in 

Australia. He sits on the Geographical Association’s Independent Schools Committee and runs professional 

development courses/lectures for the Geographical Association, SATIPS (Geography) and the IAPS. He is 

currently also organising school expeditions and developing curriculum material. He runs a geography 

website www.thinkingeography.com and is an Apple Distinguished Educator. He is also the Editor of the 

Philip’s Australian School’s Atlas. 

LENON, Barnaby 

Barnaby is Head Master at Harrow School. Barnaby has a BA in Geography from Keble College Oxford and a 

PGCE from St Johns College Cambridge. Barnaby has taught at Sherborne School, Eton College and been 

Deputy Head at Highgate School and Headmaster at Trinity School, Croydon. Barnaby has produced a 

number of textbooks on London, the UK and Fieldwork Techniques. Barnaby has led expeditions to Tunisia, 

Jordan, Iran, Iraq and the Yemen. Barnaby is Chairman of the Education Committee of the RGS, and was 

Chairman of the Young Members Committee of the RGS and a Council member of RGS. 

LEVY, Steve 

Steve is founder of a wind energy company serving North America to provide expertise and utility-scale wind 

turbines for onshore and offshore wind projects. He also consults and advises for wind projects globally, 

especially in Vietnam where he has worked over many years. Steve has been a physical and cultural 

geography instructor at several colleges and also developed a number of field courses. His current focus is 

to promote geotourism in the Cascade Mountains and Great Basin desert regions of the Western U.S., along 

with developing wind energy in Vietnam. He earned an MSc degree in geography at Portland State 

University in Oregon and has worked as a geographer at the National Geographic Society and for the U.S. 

Forest Service. Steve has also been involved in a number of National Science Foundation projects to 

develop curriculum and promote the field of geography. 

LEWIS, Michael 

Michael is Head of Geography at Pitsford School in Northamptonshire. He is a Fellow of the RGS-IBG and 

also the Royal Meteorological Society. Michael is heavily involved in his local community, and spends much 

of his time working on the Pitsford Hall weather station. For this, Michael produces local weather reports and 

has made the weather station one of the country’s leading sources of weather and climate data. He has 

published several articles around his work with the weather station, and has contributed to numerous 

websites and online resources. 

LIM, Michael 

Michael graduated with a degree in Geography from Durham University where he continued to conduct 

doctoral research into coastal cliff behaviour. Following a post-doctoral research position at the School of Civil 

Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University where he developed new approaches to detect and 


predict failure in earthworks, Michael returned to Durham for 4 years in order to further his research on 

coastal slope geomorphology. He then continued his research at Northumbria University, expanding the 

application of his research to new environments. The various aspects of his work remain unified under a 

common aim to quantify and analyse the geomorphic responses of slopes to variations in controlling 

conditions. Michael has considerable experience in the application and integration of approaches such as 

terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, digital photogrammetry, field-based environmental monitoring and 

numerical modelling in order to provide more complete assessments of the precursory, failure and post-event 

behaviour of slopes. 

LINLEY, Kathrine 

GIS practitioner with a broad range of experience in minerals, mining and geology related project work. Has 

held various posts within the BGS and traveled widely. 

LINNELL, Andrew 

Andrew has studied at the Universities of Salford & Keele and Mid-Kent College of Further & Higher 

Education, Rochester. He has taught since 1978. He was the headteacher of Reading School (from 1997 

until 2005) which became one of the first specialist geography schools in 2005. From 2005 he has been 

headteacher of Desborough School, a boys’ comprehensive school in the Royal Borough of Windsor and 

Maidenhead. This school holds an International School Award from the British Council/DCSF and has the 

Prince of Wales Teaching Institute Mark (awarded November 2009). Andrew was elected an Associate 

Member of RGS in 1977, has been a Fellow of RGS-IBG since 1983 and a Chartered Geographer since 

2002. He was the Vice-President (Education) of the RGS-IBG from 2006-2009. He has been one of the Final 

Assessors for the Chartered Geographer Scheme for the past 5 years. 

LIVINGSTONE, David 

David is Professor of Geography at Queen’s University, Belfast. David has a BA (Hons) in Geography, a 

DipEd and PhD all from Queen’s University Belfast. David’s main research interests are the history and 

theory of geography, cartography, and scientific culture. David was awarded the Royal Geographical Society 

(with IBG) Back Award and the Centenary Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. David has been 

on the editorial boards of Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Transactions of the Institute of 

British Geographers, Isis, Ecumene, Progress in Human Geography, Journal of Historical Geography. David 

is also a Fellow of the British Academy, an Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social 

Sciences, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. David is also a Member of the Academia Europaea and 

got an OBE for services to geography and history. 

LOVELL David 

Dave is currently the Secretary General and Executive Director of EuroGeographics 

www.eurogeographics.org, based in Brussels, and a member of the British Geological Survey advisory 

committee http://www.bgs.ac.uk. EuroGeographics is an International not-for-profit association representing 

56 National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry authorities in 45 countries in Europe. The British 

Geological Survey (BGS) is the world's oldest national geological survey and the United Kingdom's premier 

centre for earth science information and expertise. Dave started his career with Ordnance Survey (Great 

Britain) and spent forty years with them in a variety of roles in Surveying, Sales and Marketing. He concluded 

his time with them as their Head of Public Affairs. He has been on the Council of the Association for 

Geographic Information and was an active Steering Committee member of the Intragovernmental Group for 

Geographic Information. 

LYON, John 

John Lyon is currently Programme Manager at the Geographical Association (GA) and formally an Assistant 

Head at a large 11-18 comprehensive school in Rotherham. He taught geography for almost 30 years and 

has an NPQH qualification. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the GA’s programme of 

support for teachers’ professional development, including a range of projects such as the Paul Hamlyn 

‘Making My Place in the World’ project and the development of the Secondary Geography Quality Mark. He 

has created and presented numerous CPD sessions including ‘curriculum making’ ‘GIS’, ‘Cross curricular 

ways of working’ and has contributed articles to journals and magazines, developed teaching resource packs 

and authored a chapter in a text book on ‘Living Geography’. 

MADYAUSIKU, Kenneth 

Kenneth has five years’ experience in applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to agricultural land 

use planning gained in Zimbabwe and more than three years GIS experience working for both Local 

Authorities and an Environmental Consultancy firm in the UK. Kenneth has a MSc degree in GIS with Remote 

Sensing from the University of Greenwich. 


MAHON, Andrew 

My current role is with the Metropolitan Police Service as a Senior Geographic Information Analyst. This post 

is within the central GIS team, which provides data services and consultancy to the entire organisation. I am 

currently working on a range of projects that includes, the use of GIS with CCTV, the development of Internet 

mapping applications and the implementation of data standards, such as Inspire. I have ten years experience 

of working with geographic information. Before working for the MPS I have worked for a number of local 

authorities, including Vale Royal Borough, Stroud District Council, LB of Enfield and Dartford Borough 

Council. I have helped to develop central address gazetteers, enterprise GIS systems and large scale data 

capture projects. With Dartford Borough Council I collected an NLPG Exemplar award in 2008, 2007 and 

2006. I have represented the Emergency Services on the Census addressing work group, been the NLPG 

deputy chair for the South East, and am on the evaluation panel for the Mapping Services Agreement for 

England and Wales. I have recently been appointed the ALO for the Metropolitan Police Service. I have an 

MSc in GIS from Manchester Metropolitan University a BA(Hons) from the University of York. 

MANNING, Adrian 

Adrian is Subject Leader: Geography and Lead Teacher: Geology at St Helena School in Colchester. Adrian 

has extensive experience of CPD, both within his school and externally. He is a member of the Suffolk LA 

Geography network, where he has been asked to present a variety of workshops on using the Action Plan for 

Geography resources. Adrian works with local schools, and plans to run an RGS CPD network in the near 

future. He is heavily involved in the GA’s Worldwise competition, and has also written and reviewed articles 

for the GA’s journals. Adrian is also a consultant for the GA. He completed a term’s secondment to UCL in 

London to undertake the Fawcett Fellowship in September-December 2011 developing GIS resources and 

teaching materials. Adrian is also a Patron Member of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and an 

Associate Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, as well as undertaking work for a number of other 

educational and charitable organisations. 

MANSBRIDGE, Benjamin 

Ben is currently GIS Team Leader at British Waterways, responsible for corporate data management, GIS 

project management, and driving efficiencies through the use of GIS. Ben has worked in the GIS industry for 

the last eight years, beginning as a GIS technician at Chiltern District Council in 2003. Prior to this he 

completed an MPhil research degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, on glacial landform 

reconstruction using GIS. This followed a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology from the University of Portsmouth. 

He is a member of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), and is a former Chair of the Pan 

Government Agreement (PGA) User Group and member of the PGA Steering Group. 

MANSELL, Judith 

Judith retired from full-time work in 2010 having been appointed the RGS-IBG’s first Education Officer in 

1999. Prior to this Judith was a Head of Geography and Head of Humanities at various schools in 

Hertfordshire. Throughout her career Judith has been a member or Chair of various committees for the 

Geographical Association and the Hertfordshire Geography Teachers Association. She has written text books 

for a level and Key Stage 2 and 3. Her role at the Society involved the development of resource based 

websites such as ‘Discovering Antarctica’ and ‘Discovering the Arctic’, liaison with numerous organisations on 

behalf of the Society, supporting the Society’s core CPD provision for teachers and managing the work 

experience programme and careers resources. She continues to develop the web-based resources for the 

Society and other educational publishers and leads a local CPD network in the Watford area. 

MANTERFIELD, Elizabeth 

I am a geography graduate from Kings College London. I have worked for the MOD's Defence Geographic 

Centre since 1975 as a Geospatial Analyst. My career has included a variety of roles from managing map 

collection, cataloguing and retrieval of geo materials, analysing the accuracy and content of maps, including 

names and boundaries, selecting source materials and writing guidance on their use for map production, 

negotiating international geospatial standards, and managing copyright in geo products. I am currently Head 

of Learning and Development at DGC and responsible for identifying the skills Geospatial Analysts require 

and facilitating training to acquire them. 

MARKHAM, Andrew 

Andrew is Director of Hydrobiology Pty Ltd environmental consultancy in Australia. Andrew has a BSc (Hons) 

in Environmental Science from University of East Anglia and a PhD in Geography from Queen Mary, 

University of London. Andrew is a fluvial geomorphologist, surface water hydrologist and Chartered 

Environmental Scientist. Outside of Australia, most of Andrew's work is in Papua New Guinea and South East 

Asia. 


MARTIN, Esmond 

Esmond is an historical conservationist from Kenya. Esmond has a BSc in Agriculture from University of 

Arizona, an MA in Geography from University of Arizona and a PhD in Geography from University of 

Liverpool. Esmond’s work focuses on the trade in wildlife products in Asia and Africa. Esmond is on the 

Council of the East African Wildlife Society and is the Chairman of the committee that overseas the Swara 

magazine. Esmond is also Chairman of the Kenya Past and Present journal and is an active member of the 

IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group. 

MARTIN, Helen 

Helen is currently Headteacher at Graffham Infant and Duncton Junior Schools in West Sussex, following on 

from her role as Deputy Headteacher at Shelley Primary School in Horsham. She has a BSc in Geography 

from the University of Lancaster, a PGCE in Primary Education from Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside 

and a MA in Education. Helen has led workshops at 5 Geographical Association Annual Conferences and is 

Vice Chair of the Early Years and Primary Phase Committee for the GA. Her other work for the GA includes 

being a member of the ‘Geovisions’ working group, being a member of the Governing Body and also being a 

member of the ‘Primary Geographer’ editorial board. She was a member of the Ministerial Focus Group, 

whose outcomes led to the development of the Action Plan for Geography. Helen has also worked with QCA 

and Ofsted, led various workshops and presentations and has been involved in writing several geography 

related chapters for education books. 

MARTIN, Roland 

Roland is a GIS Engineer for Arup in Los Angeles, California. He joined Arup in 2005, and has experience of 

a wide variety of projects, from acoustic and flood modelling to transport planning, geotechnics and rail 

engineering. His GIS experience includes spatial and 3D analysis, web development and central data 

management. Roland studied Geography with German at Aberystwyth University, graduating in 2002, before 

going on to complete an MSc in GIS at Leeds University in 2005. His career has included time working in the 

UK, Spain and Germany, and has been based in Arup's Los Angeles office since 2010. 

MARVELL, Alan 

Alan is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management at the University of Gloucestershire and is currently 

Placements Tutor in the School of Leisure. His research interests focus on vocational education, pedagogy, 

event management, tourism planning and the creation of place identities. Previously he spent ten years at 

Bath Spa University as Course Leader for Tourism Management and a Senior Lecturer in Geography. He has 

a BA (Hons) in Geography and an MA in Landscape and Society from the University of Gloucestershire and a 

PGCE in Geography from the University of Southampton. Alan was elected as a Member of the Governing 

Body of the Geographical Association (2011-2015) and serves as a Director/Trustee. He is also Vice-Chair of 

the Geographical Association Post-16 and Higher Education Committee. Alan is on the editorial advisory 

board of The Higher Education Academy 'Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education', The 

Higher Education Academy journal 'Planet' and the Geographical Association journal 'Geography'. 

MATHER, Peter 

Peter is Training School Manager at Greenford High School, part of Ealing’s LEA. He is responsible for Initial 

Teacher Training, works as an AST with the Institute of Education (University of London). He is the Induction 

Tutor for NQT’s and co-ordinates all levels of staff training/CPD with regard to the schools specialist status as 

a Training School. Peter has an MA in Intercultural Education: ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Culture. He has 

participated in numerous geography related CPD activities including a Glaxo Wellcome sponsored 

Earthwatch expedition to the Czech Republic (looking into the effects of acid rain), a study tour in Japan and 

a recent visit to China to begin work on a partnership with a school in Beijing. Peter is a Teacher Advocate for 

the TDA, has worked with Teachers TV and is a member of various training committees within London and 

participates in outreach work with other schools as part of his AST work. 

MATOSSIAN, Christian 

In late 2006, Christian returned to live in Montreal, Canada where he has two roles: the Director of Social 

Performance & Stakeholder Engagement for EEM Inc., and the Sustainability Strategy Consultant for ALCAN 

Inc. Before this he was Corporate Responsibility Projects Manager for RWE Thames Water in London where 

he was seconded to the Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) multi-sector partnership and 

responsible for building the partnership, developing its projects, securing funding, and managing external 

affairs. He led projects in Brazil, Madagascar, and Mozambique and provided general support to the 

development and implementation of Thames Water’s environment & CR programme. Previous jobs include a 

Project Advisor to the E7 Secretariat, a partnership between 10 major electricity companies from G7 

countries to promote sustainable energy development, and Project Manager in Environmental Affairs for 

RWE AG in Germany. Christian is passionate about finding solutions to address poverty and human 

suffering in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and mobilize others to collaborate and contribute resources to 


further this cause. Since 2004 he has been the Director for World Water Source in Canada which fundraises 

for water and sanitation projects in developing countries. 

MAY, Ilka 

Ilka is a Senior GIS Consultant and GIS Manager for the Infrastructure Division at ARUP in London. She 

leads the GIS team and her day to day responsibilities range from external client projects, internal GIS 

development and project support to the delivery of GIS training and research and development projects. She 

is also involved in the development and implementation of GIS strategies internally and for external clients. 

One of her current roles is the position of the Arup GIS Manager for the London 2012 Olympic Park 

Development. In addition to her daily tasks Ilka is involved in a number of activities to raise the profile of 

Geography and use of Spatial Data across Arup and beyond. Ilka studied Geography in Frankfurt/Main, 

Germany, and has the German equivalent degrees to BSc and MSc in Geography. She made her PhD at the 

Technical University of Berlin about updating procedures for digital maps in SatNav Systems using new 

remote sensing technologies and published a series of papers and books. Before joining Arup Ilka gained 

four years experience in Business Development and Consultancy. 

McCABE, Stephen 

Stephen is a Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's 

University Belfast, and Policy and Projects Officer for the Northern Ireland Environment Link. He has 

published widely and presented internationally on natural stone weathering and the decay of stone-built 

heritage. Since completing his PhD in 2007, he has worked on a series of high-profile projects on the decay 

and conservation of stone-built heritage, most recently on the impact of climate change on natural stone 

buildings (funded by EPSRC and Historic Scotland). He lectures on physical geography and Heritage 

Science. In 2012, Stephen also began work with the Northern Ireland Environment Link, where he promotes 

geography to the environmental sector and plays a role in environmental policy advocacy. 

McCLOUD, Damien 

Damien is Senior Analyst and GIS manager for the London Planning Group of ARUP. He runs the GIS team 

and supports the group as a whole's GIS needs and requirements. He takes a vital role in promoting and 

managing the use of GIS across the company, including helping to write the company's global GIS strategy. 

The day to day GIS work he is involved in covers from Planning Policy and Economics, Urban Design, 

Transport and Sustainable Solutions. Damien has a BSc (Hons) in Geography from the University of Sheffield 

and an MSc in Land Information Management and Mapping from the University of Portsmouth. He then had a 

various GIS posts for the Environment Agency, Transport for London, Robertson Research International, 

Halliburton KBR and currently ARUP. 

McEWEN, Alec 

Alec is a freelance consultant in land administration, land title registration and geomatics to government and 

the private sector and Emeritus Professor of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary. Alec has an LLB 

from University of London, an LLM from University of East Africa and a PhD in Law from University of 

London. Since qualifying as a land surveyor Alec has also published a number of books, reports and journal 

articles and is a member of the Editorial Board of Survey Review. Alec has worked in more than 20 

developing countries and transitional economies, and in 2011 was engaged as the land management 

consultant for a multi-donor land administration support project in Cambodia. 

McGUINNESS, Ian 

Ian is a senior geospatial analyst for the London Borough of Newham's Strategic Planning, Regeneration and 

Olympic Legacy Division, where he is heavily involved in analytical work supporting the council's Local 

Development Framework and Olympic Games time planning. Ian also works across a range of service areas 

to develop mapping and other visual materials that promote inward investment and business development in 

the borough. This includes technical work such as analysis of market and demographic factors, as well as 

more abstract visualisation designed to stimulate thought, engagement and dialogue around Newham's 

substantial regeneration opportunities. Ian holds a BSc (Hons) in Geomatics from the Dublin Institute of 

Technology and has previously worked for CACI as a Planning & Regeneration Consultant and for the Royal 

Borough of Greenwich as a Crime Analyst. Ian is also interested in promoting more engaging Geography in 

education and is an RGS-IBG Geography Ambassador. 

McINERNEY, Malcolm 

Malcolm is the Immediate Past President of the South Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the 

Chair of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association (AGTA). He has taught in South Australia 

secondary schools since 1976 and is presently Humanities Senior at The Barton Senior College in Adelaide. 

Malcolm has been involved in teaching and developing classroom materials using spatial technologies in 

Geography since 1997. In an effort to introduce GIS into classrooms around Australia Malcolm developed a 


‘GIS skill development course’ for secondary students and a range of across the curriculum resource 

materials which are used in over 1,000 schools across the world. With the development of the national 

geography curriculum in 2009, Malcolm is finding his focus more on the work of the AGTA and the need to 

develop a state of the art contemporary geography curriculum for Australian students in the 21st Century. He 

is presently involved in writing the new Australian Curriculum for geography with the Australian Curriculum, 

Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 

MCINTOSH, Caroline 

Caroline currently works at Buckinghamshire County Council as a GIS team leader where she uses GIS to 

develop corporate GIS strategy and policy. She completed her undergraduate degree in cartography at 

Oxford Brookes and after graduating she worked at West Oxfordshire District Council and was responsible for 

the maintenance of map layers that were used to make planning decisions. While working at West 

Oxfordshire District Council she also studied for an MSc in Geographical Information Science at University 

College London. 

METCALFE, Keith 

Keith is currently Head of Geography at Harrow School in Middlesex, where he contributes to the Academic 

Advisory Committee, mentors NQT teachers, runs a geography society and runs numerous fieldtrips. Keith 

has an MA in Geography from Cambridge University. His CPD record is impressive, incorporating a wealth of 

geography based courses and training. 

MILLER, Servel 

I am a physical geographer and geologist with a particular interest in the application of Geographical 

Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Systems to natural hazard assessment and mitigation as 

well as environment monitoring and management. The natural hazards that I have particular interest in 

include: landslides, tsunamis, storm surges and floods. My research focuses on the identification, monitoring 

and modeling of these natural phenomena and studying their socio-economic impacts. The research into 

natural hazards and its impacts has focused primarily on the island of Jamaica and North Wales. 

In 1994 I obtained my BSc. (Hons) in Geology from the University of West Indies. I then went on to work fulltime 

for the Geological Survey of Jamaica as a Geologist and as a part-time lecturer at Exced Community 

College. In 1996, I was awarded a fully funded fellowship by the Dutch Government to study Mineral 

Exploration at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey. I continued working at the Geological Survey, 

in a number of capacities including Head of regional geological mapping, where I was able to develop the GIS 

and Mapping programme and Geo-information based landslide hazard assessment projects. In 2003 I 

completed an MSc in Geographical Information Systems at Cranfield University. I was awarded a fully 

funded Scholarship (Gladstone Fellowship) by the University of Chester to pursue a PhD in GIS application to 

Landslide Hazard Assessment in 2004. The PhD was completed in 2007 after which I was appointed as fulltime 

lecturer and Programme Leader for the Natural Hazard Management programme within the Department 

of Geography as a Lecturer. 

MOFFAT, Andrew 

As well as being a Chartered Geographer Andrew is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 

having originally qualified as a rural practice surveyor, and a Chartered Environmentalist. He is a career civil 

servant working for the Ministry of Defence in a senior management position. He has a MA from Kings 

College, London having earlier studied at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and at the Joint 

Services Command and Staff College. Andrew’s main skills and interests are in strategic real estate 

management, operational planning, sustainable development and conservation. He is currently Chairman of 

the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and Honorary Secretary of the Shackleton Scholarship Fund 

and Executive Secretary of the United Kingdom Falkland Islands Trust. 

MOLLISON, Alice 

Alice is Head of Geography at James Allen‟s Girls‟ School in London. Alice has led a British Council funded 

trip to China for some sixth form students, and has managed to raise her student numbers at GCSE and A 

level to very impressive numbers. She has organised and led a range of local and international fieldtrips, and 

is also involved in her school‟s Duke of Edinburgh scheme. Alice works with teachers from other schools and 

has also been involved in some consultation with the Natural History Museum. 

MORETTO, Filippo 

I hold a M.Sc in Environmental Sciences from "Ca' Foscari" University of Venice, with a thesis on 

environmental and economic consequences of port development and shortsea shipping implementation, and 

I am presently responsible for Environmental Service in a local Authority (Comune di Occhiobello) with the 

principal task of assessing and managing relationship within people, urban landscape and environment. 


More, I hold another position in a private consultancy company specializing in quantitative environmental 

analyses and control. 

MORGALLA, Paul 

Paul is currently a Scientist with Epsom Rivers & Coastal Team at multi-discipline engineering consultancy 

Atkins. Working at Atkins since 2005, Paul expertise lies in project management, Geographical Information 

Systems (GIS), spatial analysis, data management, modelling and custom built GIS/mapping applications, 

particularly within the field of flood risk management, but also other water and environmental Sectors 

including water resource management, habitat creation and climate change. He is also experienced in 

developing 1D/2D hydraulic flood models. Typical projects include undertaking flood risk mapping/hydraulic 

modelling and developing flood risk assessments/strategies for a range of public and private sector clients. 

He holds a 1st class BSc in Geography from the University of Liverpool and an MSc in Geographical 

Information System from the University of Leeds. He is also a Chartered Scientist and Member of CIWEM. 

MORGAN, Alun 

Alun has been an active member of the Geography Education community for the last 20 years. He graduated 

with a BSc in Geography from Swansea University in 1987 and gained a PGCE in Geography Education (with 

Integrated Science) from Cardiff University in 1988. He then taught Geography in secondary schools in 

England and Wales for the next 10 years. During this time he undertook a range of PG study in 

Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development gaining an MSc in 1997. He 

undertook a one year secondment as Education Director of the Cardiff Environment Centre before becoming 

the teacher advisor for Education for Sustainable Development for Worcestershire CC in 1999. In 2002 Alun 

moved into Higher Education becoming a Lecturer in Geography Education at the Institute of Education, 

London and then, in 2009, Senior Lecturer in Education for Sustainability at London South Bank University 

where he directs the MSc in Education for Sustainability. Alun gained his PhD through the University of 

London in 2007. His Thesis was entitled 'Minding the World: Integral Transformative Learning for 

Geographical and Environmental Wisdom' 

After an initial focus on Geography Education in the secondary phase, Alun has extended the scope of his 

work over the last 20 years to lifelong learning in Geographical and Environmental Education. He is 

particularly interested in empowering learners at whatever phase (primary through to Higher Education/Adult) 

and sector (formal, informal and non-formal) to become critically reflective and active citizens in the pursuit of 

Sustainable Development. He is currently involved in developing the London Regional Centre for Expertise in 

Education for Sustainable Development. 

MORGAN, Matthew 

Matthew is Deputy Headmaster at Sir Thomas Rich’s School in Gloucestershire, prior to which he was an 

Assistant Headteacher at The Royal Latin School. Matthew has participated in numerous geography CPD 

courses and has also had several articles published in journals such as Teaching Geography. He is the 

author of some fieldwork resources on the Action plan for Geography website, Geography Teaching Today. 

Matthew has worked with numerous schools and organisation, and has led inset on many occasions. 

MORGAN Richard 

Richard has worked for the Environment Agency since the beginning of 2008 and is currently a Technical 

Specialist with a Groundwater and Contaminated Land Team in the Anglian Region. Richard previously 

worked as an Environmental Consultant for companies in the East Midlands Region where he specialised in 

human health and controlled water quantitative risk assessment. Richard graduated from Lancaster 

University with a BSc in Environmental Science and from Leeds University with a PhD in Atmospheric 

Chemistry. 

MORLAND, Neil 

Neil is an AST for Humanities at Great Barr School, Birmingham, having previously been the Head of 

Geography. Neil has a particular interest in teaching and learning, especially motivational teaching and 

accelerated learning. Neil has delivered a wide range of INSET's on various aspects of teaching and learning. 

Neil has forged strong international links with a school in Lusikisiki, South Africa, and more recently with a 

school in Waterloo, Sierra Leone where he is traveling to on an expedition in October 2008. 

MORRIN, Joseph 

Joseph currently teaches at The Brunts Academy in Nottinghamshire, prior to which he taught at Elian’s 

British school in Spain and several other schools in the South East of England. Joseph is trained in off site 

safety management and has led fieldtrips. He has been an examiner and had also conducted a project with 

the Teacher Learning Academy. He has coordinated an afterschool geography club, mentored Teach First 

colleagues, led school inset sessions and has his own website for geography resources. 


MORRIS, Gyles 

Gyles is the Director is Naturesbase Education Consultancy, an organisation he founded several years ago. 

Prior to this Gyles was the Chief Executive of The Magdalen Project. Gyles provides initial teacher training, 

CPD and pupil workshops through Naturesbase, with a focus on sustainable development, environmental 

fieldwork and fieldwork in the school grounds. He has recently led inset for the RGS-IBG, Devon County 

Council and the Institute of Education. Gyles has been heavily involved in Learning Outside the Classroom 

matters, and also advices other organisations such as Farming and Countryside Education, School Farms, 

Growing Schools and the Soil Association. 

MORRIS, Robert 

Robert has been a geography teacher for over 30 years, and currently works at Shrewsbury School in 

Shropshire. Robert has had a variety of articles published in GeoActive, and has a number of other previous 

and upcoming publications under his belt. He is currently an examiner for Edexcel, and has also worked for 

other awarding bodies in the past. He is a Geographical Association consultant and a member of the GA‟s 

ISSIG group. His CPD history is extensive, both attending and presenting. 

MULDER, Andrew 

After many years of working within GIS, I've seen the mapping revolution gaining pace through many 

businesses, not least in my own water utility sector. Spatially referenced data now underpins decision making 

for financial investment, emergency incident management and long term business plans. Working for Welsh 

Water, I have been fortunate enough to have played a part in the development and evolution of the 

company's GIS and still there is a sense that there is so much more that we can do. 

MURDOCK, Andrew 

Andrew has been a GIS professional for seven years during which time he has been responsible for the 

creation of several national geographical datasets and databases, major GIS software tools and GIS training 

for over 300 people. Andrew studied for a BA in Geography at Lancaster University then an MSc in 

Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Management at King’s College London. He has worked at the 

GeoData Institute at the University of Southampton since 2003 where he is responsible for coordinating GIS 

activity and contributing to the strategic steer for GIS projects. He is also heavily involved in creating and 

delivering a variety of GIS training courses to external clients, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate 

students. 

MURPHY, Colin 

Colin has recently joined the global technology consultancy organisation Critigen, where his new role will be 

as GIS manager on the Thames Tunnel project. Prior to joining Critigen Colin was a project manager with 

Mouchel where he specialised in managing GIS and Land Acquisition projects. Colin has over 11 years' 

experience with companies including TerraQuest, WS Atkins, TeleAtlas and Mouchel, where he has worked 

on a multitude of geographically focused projects. In recent times Colin has been the Lands Project Manager 

on Network Rails Thameslink Programme and the A5WTC road scheme in Northern Ireland, where he 

managed a team of GIS and Land Referencing professionals, providing leadership to the teams and 

promoting Land Information Management to clients on these multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects. Colin 

completed an Honours degree in Geography and a Post Graduate Diploma in GIS & Remote Sensing from 

the University of Ulster. 

MYTHEN, Eamon 

Eamon works in the Planning Directorate of the Department of Communities and Local Government, where 

he works in the Natural Environment and Assessment Team. He has a BA (Hons) in Sociology with 

Demography from University of Leeds, an MA in Sociology from City University London, an MPhil in Town 

and Country Planning from University College London and an MA Geography from King's College London. 

Eamon has been employed as a planner since 1991 and qualified as a Chartered Town Planner in 1995. He 

has held a variety of posts in Local Government prior and after training as a planner, worked in the NGO 

sector for five years after leaving Local Government service and since 2002 has worked in Central 

Government as a planner. 

NEWLANDS, Christine Ruth 

Ruth is currently Lead Teacher of Geography at Tudor Grange School in Solihull. Ruth is a member of the 

Geographical Association and a GCSE examiner. She has organized numerous fieldwork opportunities at her 

school, along with a Fair Trade fortnight and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme at her previous school. Ruth has 

attended a variety of external and internal CPD courses, and has also participated in teacher visits to 

Sweden, India and Namibia. 


NEWMAN, Claire 

I am a geography and geology graduate from Brunei University. I have worked as a Geospatial Analyst for 

the MOD's Defence Geographic Centre since 1991. The majority of my early career has been in the map 

production field, utilising conventional and digital cartographic techniques. In the last 6 years my career has 

encompassed other roles including managing geographic library materials, both in hard and soft copy formats 

and evaluating and selecting these as sources, leading to writing instructions on their use for map production. 

I am also a qualified trainer, supervisor and assessor for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme facilitating 

expeditions at bronze, silver and gold levels, encouraging young people to study geography in the British 

countryside. 

NEWMAN, Stephen 

Stephen is Senior Lecturer in Education and Continuing Professional Development at Leeds Metropolitan 

University, working with both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He was formally Senior Lecturer in 

Education at Bradford College and, prior to that, taught geography in secondary education for over 25 years, 

becoming a Head of Geography and Examinations Officer. Stephen has a BEd in Geography from the 

University of Exeter, an MEd in Philosophy, Education and Curriculum, and a PhD in Teacher Education and 

Professional Development, both from The University of Sheffield. Stephen has led INSET-day sessions and 

has authored a book and several papers and articles in educational journals. 

NG, Kit-Ying 

Kit-Ying (also known as Angel) is the first Chinese awarded the Chartered Geographer status. She is a 

Geomorphologist with Ove Arup & Partners (Hong Kong) Limited, a global multidisciplinary engineering 

consultancy firm. She has a BA (Hons) in Physical Geography and an MPhil in Slope Geomorphology from 

the University of Hong Kong, and a PhD in Landslide Hazard Assessment from Durham University, United 

Kingdom. Kit-Ying's research work focused on the mechanisms of shallow rainfall-induced landslides in 

humid tropical environments. She is also interested in understanding the spatial distribution of landslides in 

the geomorphological context. Since completing her PhD, she is employed in Arup and continues to develop 

and apply geomorphological knowledge and techniques in a variety of natural terrain hazard studies, site 

developments and large-scale tunnelling projects for the government and private sectors in Hong Kong. Her 

work has been published in local and international refereed journals and presented at international geography 

and geomorphology conferences held in Africa, Australia, Spain, UK and the USA. She is a member of the 

British Society for Geomorphology (BSG), a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (GSL) and a 

Chartered Geologist. 

NICHOLS, Adam 

Adam is the National Strategy Teaching and Learning Consultant for Sunderland LEA. He has a BA (Hons) in 

Geography from University of Durham, a PGCE from University of Leicester and an MA in Applied 

Geography, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Adam has been teaching since 1974 and spent several 

years as a Lecturer in Geography Education and the Environment at University of Durham. He has worked 

with the RGS-IBG, GA and the Ordnance Survey over the past 15 years, being involved with consultations 

and conferences. Adam has a number of articles and has also produced a number of teaching resources. 

NOLAN, James 

James was educated in the UK and US and obtained a post graduate qualification in Geographical 

Information Systems before embarking on environmental research and working on GIS software development 

in Europe. Work with multi-site discount and convenience food retailers was followed by a period in the 

leisure retail sector. Five years within the property acquisition department of a UK high street retail group 

followed. He is now working in the mobile telecommunications sector to support programmes across Britain. 

NORBURY, Mark 

Mark has been actively involved in the design and development of Geographic Information Systems since 

1990. His approach is in the analysis of business processes and how geographic information can support 

and improve them. He worked for 14 years for the Environment Agency of England and Wales in map 

production, the management of corporate geographic information and the development of GIS. He was then 

self-employed as a GIS consultant for three years, after which he emigrated to Canada where he now works 

for ESRI Canada as a GIS Consultant. Based in Vancouver, BC, he provides classroom instruction in the 

use of web-based GIS software and continues to provide advice and guidance to clients in the best use of 

GIS and geographic information. Mark has a Batchelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Master of 

Science degree in GIS, for which his dissertation was in the effectiveness of Spatial Data Infrastructures for 

the sharing of geographic information. He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional in the development of 

dotnet applications and an ESRI System Design Associate. 


NOTTAGE, Michael 

Michael is a Chartered Surveyor, Management Consultant and Academic. Michael has a BA (Hons) in 

Geography from University College Swansea (University of Wales), a Postgraduate Diploma in Land 

Surveying from University College London, an MBA from University of Warwick and a PhD in Business 

Studies, also from Warwick University. Michael has mostly worked in the oil and gas industry since first 

graduating and has undertaken many activities, primarily as a land and hydrographic surveyor, in areas 

including South America, West Africa, Europe and South East Asia. Michael has recently completed a full 

time PhD course of study at Warwick Business School where his research interests centred on strategic 

change in the oil and gas industry and the implications for geographical time and space. He is continuing his 

academic interests through teaching and tutoring of university students at Warwick Business School while, at 

the same time, undertaking consultancy projects in the oil and gas industry. He lives in Spain. 

NYONG, Anthony 

Anthony is a Senior Programme Specialist for the International Development Research Centre of Canada's 

Climate (IDRC). Working on climate change projects in Africa he is also working with DFID to establish similar 

projects in Latin America and Asia/Pacific. He gained a BSc and MSc in Nigeria before moving on to earn his 

Ph.D. from McMaster University, Canada, for which he was awarded a Canadian International Development 

Agency Scholarship. Upon completing his Doctoral studies Anthony returned to Nigeria where he pursued 

research into global environmental change and international development. Previous to his work for IDRC he 

worked for the University of Jos in Nigeria where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography 

and Planning. Anthony has also worked as an adviser to the FAO and the United Nations Framework 

Convention on Climate Change, for which he is a member of an expert committee on Technologies for 

Adaptation. 

O’SULLIVAN, Gerard 

Gerard is an Advanced Skills Teacher in Geography at Homewood School, Kent. Gerard has a BSc in 

Geography with Geology from St Paul’s and St Mary’s College, a PhD in Marine Geochemistry from 

University of Cardiff and a PGCE in Geography with History from University of Bath. Gerard works with both 

Primary and Secondary schools to improve standards of teaching and learning in Geography and has been 

responsible for raising standards in GCSE Geography at Homewood School. 

ORFORD, Julian 

Julian is Head of Department at Queen’s University Belfast. Julian has a BA in Geography and Sociology 

from University of Keele, an MSc from Salford and a PhD from Reading. Julian’s research interests on 

coastal research concentrated on the dynamics and development of gravel beaches and barriers in Britain 

and eastern Canada, with respect to sea-level changes. More recently moving in to the wide range of coastal 

morphology (barriers, dunes and marshes) to both sea-level change as well as to increased storminess 

related to climatic change, spatial and temporal mesoscale approaches to studying coastal development is 

currently focusing on the role of extreme events in coastal morphology in particular beach/dune interactions 

and shoreline management. 

OWEN, Catherine 

Catherine is Head of Geography at The King Alfred School in Somerset. She is an active member of the 

Geographical Association and sits on the GAISIG. Catherine has presented at the GA conference, has had 

several articles published in ‘Teaching Geography’ journal and was a Regional Subject Advisor. She has her 

own website and her school is linked to a school in Kenya. Working with several other teachers in her area, 

Catherine has set up the ‘Somerset Geographers’ group, ensuring teachers in her area receive support and 

that independent and state schools work together. Her school was awarded Centre of Excellence status by 

the GA in 2011. 

OWEN, David 

David is the Managing Director of Envisager, a consultancy specialising in water & wastewater management, 

advising governments, multilateral institutions, financiers and companies. He is an advisor to the board of 

Bluewater Bio and is on the advisory board of two dedicated water funds. David has a first degree in 

Environmental Biology from Liverpool University and a DPhil in Applied Ecology from Jesus College, Oxford 

University. David has published six books on water issues including the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 

(13th edition, 2011) and columnist for Global Water Intelligence. 'The sound of thirst: why urban water for all 

is essential, achievable and affordable' will be published by Parthian Books in June 2012. In 1999 David 

convened the 'Britain Divided: Managing Water Resources for Social and Climate Change' conference for the 

RGS-IBG and he is a regular speaker at international conferences on water management issues. In 2002-03 

David assisted Plaid Cymru to develop its water and waste management policy. 


PALLARIS, Kyriaki 

Since 2006 Kay has been working for London's Olympic Delivery Authority. As well as other roles she is 

managing the implementation of GIS and shaping a strategy for shared geographic information and mapping 

services. After completing her BSc and MSc at King's College, London, Kay lived and worked as a researcher 

for two years in Colombia. In 2000 she started to work for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets as a 

Technical Officer. Then in 2004 she moved to work for EDAW Plc as an Associate Director. Throughout her 

time with EDAW Kay made significant contributions using her GIS expertise on a diverse range of national 

projects. She has also conducted fieldwork in Madagascar, Spain and Colombia and is a member of the 

Association of Geographic Information (AGI) and Intra-governmental Group on Geographic Information 

(IGGI). 

PALOT, Iain 

Iain was a Geography lecturer at Chichester College, having taught in schools since the mid-1960s. He is 

involved with his local GA branch and the regional RGS as well as contributing to activities for other regional 

branches. During his career he has been, and in some cases still is, an A level examiner, has contributed to A 

Level text books, GA journals and magazines and has led INSET and fieldwork sessions for various 

organisations and schools. As a firm believer in fieldwork education he has visited various parts of the world 

including a recent visitor to China. He feels that everybody should go out and see for themselves what is 

happening and if you cannot go to China then get out into your local “field” and see what is going on there. 

He has just been elected chair of the Post-16/HE committee for the GA and is a member of the GA Education 

Committee. 

PAPPER, Richard 

Richard is Head of Year 11 at Bispham High School in Blackpool, but until recently was working at Patchway 

Community College in Bristol. Richard has been an Environmental Education Coordinator, and a KS3 

Assessments Coordinator. He is a keen member of the Geographical Association and has been involved in a 

number of their projects. He has been involved in resources production for the Bristol Alliance, has been an 

examiner, and has written articles for a geographical journal. Richard has also mentored ITT students and 

has forged links in the past with local schools. 

PARKER, Michael 

Michael is an AST, Geography specialist and the professional development officer at Ravenswood School, 

Kent. Michael has a BA in Geography from University of Hull, a PGCE in Geography and PE and a Diploma 

in Pastoral Care from University of London. Michael has been teaching since 1979 and has been a Head of 

Department. He spends most of his time furthering education and developing young teachers through leading 

workshops. He believes fieldwork is a strong part of geography and has even been involved in creating virtual 

fieldwork. He manages the virtual fieldwork site Windows in our World. 

PARKINSON, Alan 

Alan spent three years working as Secondary Curriculum Development Leader at the Geographical 

Association, having spent twenty years as a teacher in Norfolk. Alan was a member of the Geographical 

Association's Secondary Phase Committee for 6 years, and remains the GA's Curriculum consultant. He is 

currently working as a freelance author and geographer, and had numerous articles, resources and books 

published. He wrote the 'Language of Landscape' resource which was part of the OS Free Maps scheme for 

2009, and more recently has worked on the RGS-IBG From the Field resource and the Discovering the Arctic 

website. He is a founder member of the Geography Collective, creators of Mission:Explore. Alan was 

awarded the Ordnance Survey award for "excellence in geography teaching in secondary education" in 2008. 

PARR, Duncan 

Duncan is a Town Planning Consultant and Director of Hepher Dixon Ltd. He has a BA (Hons) in Geography 

from Staffordshire University and Postgraduate Town Planning Diploma's from Westminster University. He is 

a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Duncan's work involves use and analysis of a range of 

spatial, economic, environmental and social information at both macro and micro scale. Duncan regularly acts 

as a professional witness in planning cases. Duncan is actively involved in numerous brownfield regeneration 

projects particularly in London, including for public bodies. Recent projects worked on include the location of 

new secondary schools, leisure facilities in the countryside and advising a government quango on the impact 

of developments on national heritage buildings. 

PARRY JONES, Ashley 

Ashley is the divisional director of the environment division of Mouchel. He leads and provides technical 

direction to a team specializing in gaining in land, environment and planning consents for development 

projects in the UK and beyond. This team comprises geographers, surveyors, GIS professionals, IT 

specialists, a range of environment, planning and sustainability professionals and rights of way experts. 


Ashley has a BA in Geography from University of Kent and a BSc in Estate Management from Heriot-Watt 

University and became a Chartered Geographer in 2002. He has been working in the land information 

management field in UK, Ireland and elsewhere for over 17 years, principally in the site assembly and 

provision of the necessary powers for a variety of infrastructure and development schemes. Major projects he 

has been involved with include Crossrail, Thameslink, Thames Tideway Tunnels, West Coast Route 

Modernization, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (HS1), the Discovering Lost Ways project for Natural England 

and a wide variety of other rail, light rail, highways, utilities and development projects. He has also recently 

provided land registration advice in the UAE. He is a Final Assessor for the RGS’s Chartered Geographer 

programme and is also a validator for the Geography & Development Department’s courses at Chester 

University. 

PARSONS, Sue 

Sue is Subject Leader for Geography and ESD at Joy Lane Primary School in Whitstable, Kent. She is a 

Primary Geography Quality Mark moderator for the GA, and her school has been awarded the Gold Quality 

Mark. Her work has been published by the GA, and she has undertaken inset for cluster schools. She is a 

Primary AST for Curriculum and Geography. 

PAYNE, Carrie 

Carrie is a GIS Analyst for Natural England. She has been a cartographer for the last 20 years now 

specialising in GIS. Carrie's role involves providing GIS support in the form of maps, analysis, statistics, data 

release and acquisition and GPS surveying and training. Carrie has predominantly worked in the 

environmental field and has been involved in a wide variety of projects from landscape impact assessments 

for public enquiries to mapping the incidence of heart disease in deprived areas and how the natural 

environment can help alleviate various health conditions. Carrie thoroughly enjoys creating bespoke GIS 

courses, the highlight being a course which was rolled out nationally for fellow GIS colleagues within Natural 

England. Carrie was also part of the Wildlife Regulation Team that won the 'Excellence in Policy Making' ward 

in the 2006 Defra Team awards. 

PEARSON, Christopher 

Chris is Head of Geography at Queen Ethelburga’s College in York, prior to which he was a geography 

teacher at Seaford College in West Sussex. He was a mentor to PGCE students at Brighton University and 

plans to run CPD sessions with the PGCE students at the University in the near future. Chris has attended 

CPD sessions both in and out of his school and has also led sessions. Chris recently worked as the Chief 

Scientist on a BSES expedition to South Georgia. 

PEMBROKE, Suzanna 

I am a Senior Cultural Heritage Consultant in Arup Environmental with fifteen years of experience in the 

discipline. I undertake research and assessment work providing advice to a range of clients within the UK and 

overseas, on the archaeological and cultural heritage implications of developments and other projects 

undertaken by Arup. I am currently involved in developing the Socio-cultural component of Arup's 

involvement in Cultural Heritage. I am experienced in the use of GIS software providing mapping and 

undertaking site analysis using various GIS packages. Prior to joining Arup I worked as a heritage consultant 

for AOC Archaeology providing desk based assessments, archaeological risk assessment and cultural 

heritage planning advice in advance of development applications throughout South East England. I also 

worked for four years for the British Museum Company promoting various aspects of the British Museum's 

projects, exhibitions and publications. Before moving to the UK, I was employed for six years as a cultural 

heritage consultant in Australia for Archaeo Cultural Heritage Services, Brisbane. I was responsible for 

undertaking site assessments through field survey work, community engagement with Indigenous Traditional 

Owners, and providing input to land- and urban-scape redevelopments with a focus on cultural heritage 

values. I also undertook GIS modelling, mapping for Native Title Claims, and provided risk mitigation 

strategies for proposed developments in both the public and private sector. I also undertook research work in 

Greece which had a strong GIS element to it. I have currently been undertaking research and case study 

work in the UK and Brazil resulting in the development of a robust statistical model for measuring how local 

communities value local places and spaces. 

PENN, Maria 

Maria has over 20 years of experience working with geographic information and has held GIS roles in 

academic, commercial and the public sector. Maria is currently employed by Plymouth City Council as 

Corporate GIS Project Manager and OS Authority Liaison Officer, this role involves working with all 

departments including the Emergency Planning Team, Planning Officers, and IT developers on corporate 

spatial data management and GIS development. She is also responsible for managing the Plymouth Informed 

partnership and community Local Information System and working strategically to secure its long-term future. 


She has a BSc (Hons) in Geographical Sciences and an MPhil in Soil Hydrology and Nitrate Distribution, both 

from the University of Plymouth. 

PETERS, Ewan 

Ewan is a specialist in GIS, with over 10 years experience working with geographical data, mainly within the 

engineering industry. Ewan graduated from University of Durham in 1995 with a degree in Environmental 

Management (BSc Hons) and went on to complete an MA in GIS at the University of Leeds. Ewan particularly 

enjoys learning about different spatial techniques, understanding how GIS relates to the real world and 

teaching others about the technology and its applications. Ewan joined Arup in 2003, where he is now a 

senior GIS consultant. During his time so far at Arup, Ewan has been involved in various projects including 

apron extension of Leeds Bradford Airport, flood assessment and noise mapping. He also implemented GIS 

technology in widening the M1 (junctions 21-30), for which the work at the public consultation was awarded a 

high commendation at the IHT (Institute of Highways) awards in 2007. Ewan is a Certified GIS professional 

(GISP) and a member of the Association for Project Management. 

PETERS, Neil 

Neil Peters is a Geospatial Analyst employed by Defence Geographic Centre, UK MOD. He joined the 

organisation in 1977 and has experience in conventional and digital cartographic production delivering a 

range of mapping and geographic data products. He has been involved in the development of IT platforms to 

support the storage and production of digital geographic data. He has supported the organisation in the 

development of partnerships with overseas mapping organisations and commercial partners critical to the 

collection of geographic information to meet MOD requirements. Neil is currently engaged in the design and 

delivery of geographic training and education strategies to ensure the continued development of other 

Geospatial Analysts both at DGC and more widely within Government. He is a Fellow of the RGS and a 

member of the British Cartographic Society. 

PETLEY, David 

David is Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham and 

Director of the International Landslide Centre. David has a BSc (Hons) in Geography from King’s College 

London and a PhD in Geological Sciences from University College London. David’s main research interests 

focus on landslide mechanics; material deformation processes; hazard and risk assessment; and the 

application of remote sensing technology in geomorphology. He is involved in a range of projects with an 

emphasis on assisting less economically developed countries overcome natural hazards. 

PHILLIPS, John 

Dr John Phillips leads the Flood Incident Management team in the Wessex Area of the Environment Agency 

and is responsible for ensuring the provision of an effective flood warning service for river and coastal 

flooding. John holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography from Lancaster University and a PhD in Geography from 

Exeter University awarded for a thesis investigating the particle size dynamics of fluvial suspended sediment. 

John has Chartered Member status of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environment Management, is a 

Chartered Scientist and member of the British Hydrological Society. Since joining the Environment Agency in 

1999 John has worked as a hydrologist on water resource, hydroecology, flooding and hydrometric projects. 

John represented the Agency locally on the national NERC Lowland Catchment Research (LOCAR) Project 

and also spent a year working in the national science team as a Senior then Principal Scientist with 

responsibility for water resource hydrology and hydromorphology. After completing his PhD and prior to 

working for the Environment Agency, John worked for three years in a post doctoral research post at Exeter 

University as part of the Natural Environment Research Council funded Land Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS), 

assessing the magnitude and associated uncertainties of the land-ocean flux of a wide range of river born 

loads. John has published the findings from both his PhD and post doctoral research work in peer reviewed 

journals. 

PHIPPS, Keith 

Keith is currently the Head of Geography at King Edward VI Camp Hills School for Boys in Birmingham. He 

has a BEd in Geography from Birmingham University, and a B.Phil.Ed and MA from Warwick University. Keith 

has led fieldwork in Turkey, Greece, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Senegal. He has developed 

www.pupilvision.com to support both pupils and colleagues; a website that was one of the first departmental 

websites in the country. His other website www.pupilvision.co.uk won ‘Educational Web Site of the Year 

2003’ in the New Statesman New Media Awards. With a group of geography teachers from Birmingham, 

Keith built the website www.geoworld.co.uk which supports teaching lessons with thinking skills. In 2001 

Keith was awarded ‘National Teacher of the Year for the most creative use of ICT’, which was followed by an 

MBE in 2005. Keith has participated in and presented a wide range of CPD opportunities, has authored 

geography content for websites and has been a educational consultant for Microsoft, Sony, Guardian, Becta 

and DCSF. 


PLAYFAIR, James 

James Playfair is a Technical Leader in waste water and storm water modelling within Atkins Water. He has a 

B.Sc. in Environmental Geoscience from the University of St Andrews and an M.Sc. in Remote Sensing and 

Applications from the University of Dundee. He has over ten years' experience in water and wastewater 

engineering strategy and planning which includes extensive use of GIS packages (Maplnfo and lnfoWorks}, 

planning and undertaking surveys, assessing environmental impacts and client and public liaison. His job 

involves assessing, analysing and surveying the built-up environment and how waste water networks interact 

and are affected by the natural environment. James has undertaken two dissertations as part of his university 

career and has also undertaken a pollution impact assessment from Combined Sewer Overflows and 

presented the results at a WaPUG conference. He has recently used 2D flooding models, which are relatively 

new to the industry to assess the interactions of overland flooding and flooding from sewerage systems and 

their impacts on Coleford. James has travelled extensively and undertaken two treks in Canada and Iceland. 

In addition, he has undertaken work with the National Trust for Scotland and the Derbyshire Wildlife trust as 

well as assisting in an environmental awareness day for a local school. James has recently returned from a 

long term secondment to the Atkins Bangalore office where his role was to develop an off shore centre of 

excellence in the field of Hydraulic Modelling. James would like to continue his geographical career and feels 

that membership of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) will allow him to gain a wider perspective of 

geographical applications in addition to providing him with opportunity to take his geographical career in a 

different direction. 

POWELL, Jonathan 

Jonathan is Deputy Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, a specialist 

Language College in Lancashire, having started work there in September 2008. Previously he was a 

Geography Advanced Skills Teacher at The Priory LSST in Lincoln, where he was also Head of Upper Sixth. 

He has overseen the successful achievement of the British Council/DCSF International School Award at 

CRGS, as well as at his former school and has recently led a reciprocal Sixth Form exchange with a partner 

school in Basilicata, Southern Italy. 2009 also saw Jonathan participate in a reciprocal school exchange with 

Xiwai International School in Shanghai. Jonathan has introduced and co-ordinates the AQA Bacc and 

Extended Project Qualification at CRGS and has been busy training staff as the EPQ develops and the 

number of participating students grows. He is especially interested in sharing good EPQ practice with 

colleagues. 

PRATT, Andrew 

Andrew is currently Reader in Urban Cultural Economy at London School of Economics where he has taught 

for the last 14 years. His specialist field is the social organisation of economic development, cities and 

economic space. Current research is concerned with the social aspects of the economic processes of 

agglomeration (institutions and networks), which involves both work on 'industrial policy, creativity and 

innovation' and economic organisation. He has published widely and regularly presents at conferences 

around the world. Andy has produced a definition of the cultural sector that has been taken up and used by 

national and regional agencies in the UK and a variant of it for UNESCO. He is a member of an 

interdisciplinary research group at LSE interested in the analysis of the media, and he recently established an 

Urban Research Centre at LSE. Outside LSE he is interested in the relationship between policy and practice 

in the field of the cultural industries. He has acted as a consultant and advisor for the London Development 

Agency, South East Development Agency, the Arts Council, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, 

Department of Trade and Industry and outside the UK in Hong Kong SAR, Barcelona, Catalunya, Bilbao and 

for the EU, UNESCO and UNCTAD. 

PRICE, Peter 

Peter is currently Head of Geography at Charterhouse School in Surrey. He believes that he is unique in 

world geography by teaching CIE Pre-U and IBDP. Peter is currently an IGCSE examiner for Edexcel and a 

Pre-U examiner for CIE, with examining of IBDP for the IBO hopefully starting in 2012. He runs a local 

network of Heads of Geography from Prep schools and is on the GA Independent Schools Special Interest 

Group, Post-16 & HE and Guildford Branch committees. Peter has presented at conferences for the RGS, GA 

(national & ISSIG) and IAPS. He was honoured to be asked to serve on the RGS National Curriculum review 

working party this year. He completed the Pembrokeshire Coast Path this year and is soon to start the return 

journey from north to south. 

RAE, Alison 

Alison is Head of Geography at Roedean School in Brighton. She has a MA in Geographical Studies. Alison 

is currently an ATL Branch Geography Subject Consultant, and ATL Examinations Committee member, and 

has examined for OCR and AQA. She has produced numerous publications, and is a freelance series editor 


for ‘Geofile’. Alison is a member of the Geographical Association and regularly attends their annual 

conference. 

RAINES, Peter 

Peter is Founder and Managing Director of Coral Cay Conservation Limited. Peter has a BSc in Marine 

Biology and Biochemistry. Coral Cay Conservation is an international organisation dedicated to poverty 

alleviation through biodiversity conservation. Spanning a period of three decades, Peter has been involved 

with international conservation throughout Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific. Peter was 

recently awarded the MBE in recognition of his contribution to biodiversity conservation. 

RAWLINGS SMITH, Emma 

Emma is currently working at the British School - Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Emma was previously 

Head of Geography at St George’s School in Birmingham. She has a Masters in Environmental Archaeology 

from Sheffield University, where she also completed her PGCE, mentored by Margaret Roberts. She is a 

member of the Geographical Association, working on the Post-16 and HE Phase Committee. Emma is a 

freelance writer who has published a wide variety of articles and geographical resources aimed at GCSE and 

A Level students. Emma was an Assistant Examiner with AQA for eight years. She enjoys a challenge and is 

now completing an MA in Education. Emma has a particular interest in learning outside the classroom and 

has previously developed links with schools in Turkey, Italy, China and Japan. She has been involved in the 

Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme for the last four years, especially now the expeditions are carried out in the 

desert. 

REID, Alastair 

Alastair is the GIS Manager/Analyst at Registers of Scotland in Edinburgh. In his current role he is 

responsible for the development of GIS within the Land Registration/Cadastral sector. He developed an 

automated housing classification method used as part of the Registers of Scotland's official housing statistics 

and continues to work on house price statistics. He has a BSc(Hons.) in Chemistry from Heriot-Watt 

University, a postgraduate diploma in Conveyancing from Abertay University and an MSc in GIS with 

distinction from City University. 

RHIND, David 

David is Vice Chancellor of City University, and a member of the Geographic Information Science Group in 

the department. David has a BSc Special Honours in Geography with Geology from University of Bristol, a 

PhD in geomorphology from University of Edinburgh, a DSc from University of London and several honorary 

DSc from other universities. David’s research interests include Information policy, interaction effects between 

different policies impacting on GIS and International collaboration in GI and GIS. David was awarded the 

Centenary Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1992, HM Queen the Patron’s Medal, Royal 

Geographical Society in 1997 and a CBE for services to geographical and social sciences New Years 

Honours 2001. 

RICHARDS, Keith 

Keith is Professor of Geography and Fellow of Emmanuel College at University of Cambridge. Keith has an 

MA and PhD from Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Keith is a fluvial geomorphologist with interests 

including river channel forms and processes in a wide range of environments; hydrological processes and 

sediment production and transfer processes in drainage basins; modelling of fluvial and hydrological systems. 

Keith’s current research projects include modelling fluvial processes at a variety of time and space scales 

(river reaches to catchments) interactions of fluvial processes and floodplain ecology and the restoration of 

European floodplain forest ecosystems changes in the sediment delivery system and the channel forms of 

rivers in the Indo-Gangetic plains and the Himalayas applying photogrammetric, image analysis and GIS 

methods in the development of hydrological and fluid dynamic models. 

RICHARDSON, Paula 

Paula currently has several professional posts including the European Director of International Student 

Teaching for the University of Minnesota, USA, tutor on the ITT programme/PGCE at Goldsmith’s University, 

independent advisor in Humanities, writer for BBC TV and BBC Active Education and also as a consultant for 

the Geographical Association. Paula has an MSc from the University of Surrey and is currently working 

towards a PhD. She has been a Fellow of the RGS-IBG since 1989 and is also a member of the 

Geographical Association. She has won several awards from the GA, and has also participated in numerous 

CPD and training opportunities. 

RIGBY, Robert Nicholas 

Brigadier Nicholas Rigby is Director of the Directorate of Defence Intelligence Joint Environment. Nicholas 

has a BSc in Geography from King’s College London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Land Surveying from 


University College London, an Army Survey Course and Army Staff Course. Nicholas is a member of the 

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Geomatics) and has been awarded several military medals for his 

service. In addition to this Nicholas sits on a wide range of government, NATO and Commonwealth 

geo/environmental committees. 

ROBB, John 

John is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Bath Spa University. John's teaching includes historical geographies, 

sustainable communities, landscape geographies, and introductory human geography. His research has 

considered landscape meaning, belief and heritage, heritage tourism and 'Celtic' themes. He has an 

extensive list of publications and book chapters. John gained a BA (Hons) from Strathclyde University, an 

MSc from London School of Economics and a PhD from Strathclyde University. 

ROBERTS, David 

David is currently Deputy Headteacher at Middleton Technology School in Manchester. During his career 

David has been involved with exam boards and has had two periods on the Geography Subject Committee. 

He has also been involved in the training of teachers for various specifications. For the last 10 years David 

has been a member of the Geographical Association Secondary Committee, during which time he has 

represented the GA at QCA as part of the Geography Subject Committee. David has also been a Lead 

Practitioner for the SSAT. 

ROBERTS, Judith 

Judith is currently Head of Geography at Thurston Community College in Suffolk, prior to which she taught at 

St Benedict’s Catholic School and Beyton Middle School. Judith is a Key Practitioner for Geography, 

organising Western area network meetings and supporting schools. She is also a Key Practitioner for 

Assessment for Learning for Suffolk. Judith is an active member of the SLN network, and has presented at 

numerous CPD events and conferences. Her previous school was a geography centre of excellence, and she 

hopes that in her new role at Thurston Community College she will also be able to achieve a Geography 

Quality Mark. 

ROBERTSON, Michael 

Since the beginning of his career at Ordnance Survey in 1976, Mike Robertson has been actively involved in 

the creation and manipulation of geographical information. He started as a traditional cartographer working on 

many of the scales of mapping produced by Ordnance Survey, migrating into digital mapping and then GIS. 

He helped to introduce digital mapping techniques into a traditional manual cartographic environment, before 

specialising in small scales mapping. This cartographic role started with system management of the small 

scales database, followed by the introduction of GIS into the Small Scales production environment to be used 

as a production tool. He has been involved in the creation of both the Euroregional and Euroglobal INSPIRE 

mapping projects. He is currently a cartographic developer, where he applies GIS to develop and instigate 

production efficiencies through the creation of new editing environments and flowlines using automation 

techniques. 

RODGER Thomas 

Thomas currently works as a GIS Technical Manager for the London Borough of Hackney where his role 

includes managing and developing GIS applications for the distribution of spatial information both within the 

council and to the community, managing a central database of the entire council’s spatial data, and providing 

technical support to GIS users throughout the council. Prior to this, Thomas has been involved with producing 

and presenting spatial data and mapping for Surry Police, Map Marketing Ltd, Lovell Johns Ltd and Map 

Studio Ltd. He has a BA in Geography & English from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and a 

Postgraduate Certificate in GeoInformatics from the University of Johannesburg (Rand Afrikaans University). 

ROFF, Amanda 

Amanda is Head of Geography at Uffculme School in Devon and also a University Visiting Tutor for the 

Secondary Geography PGCE course at the University if Exeter. She has an MSc in Outdoor Education from 

the University of Edinburgh, and has run INSET based on outdoor education. She has attended a wealth of 

CPD and training courses throughout her career and has also been invited to join her local Geographical 

Association Committee. 

ROGERS, David 

David is Curriculum Leader: Geography at Priory School Specialist Sports College in Portsmouth. He is a 

Regional Subject Advisor for the CfBT Trust and also a member of the Geography Collective. David sits on 

the GA’s Secondary Phase committee and also helps to edit their magazine. David has won several awards 

for his work in the geographical community. He has been involved in presenting and attending numerous 

CPD opportunities, and has also been filmed for Teachers TV. 


ROONEY, Paul 

Paul is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at Liverpool Hope University. Paul has a BA in Geography and 

Environmental Studies, a Diploma in Landscape Interpretation and an MSc in Environmental Impact 

Assessment, all from University of Liverpool. Prior to becoming a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope, Paul was 

a Project Officer on the Sefton Coast Life Project and a Coastal Ranger for Sefton MBC working on coastal 

dune management. 

ROSE, James 

Jim is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and a Visiting Research 

Fellow at the British Geological Survey, having previously held the Gordon Manley Chair of Geography at 

RHUL, and been head of Department at RHUL and Birkbeck, University of London. Jim has a BA and DSc in 

Geography from the University of Leicester and is recipient of the Murchison Award and Victoria Medal from 

the Royal Geographical Society and Coke Medal from the Geological Society. He has also been elected as 

an Honorary Member of the Quaternary Research Association and Life member of INQUA. Jim's main 

research interests focus on Quaternary Science with special reference to glacial history of Britain and 

northern Europe, palaeosols, Quaternary river development, environmental and sea-level change of the 

Mediterranean region and the climate and environment of early Humans in northern Europe. He is also 

heavily involved in studying the processes of cold climate Geomorphology and Sedimentology. He has been 

a member and Deputy Chair of the Geography Panel of the HEFCE RAE in 1996 and 2001 respectively, and 

was Deputy Chair of the Earth Sciences Panel for the Netherlands Universities Research Assessment 

Exercise in 2002. Jim was Editor-in-Chief of Quaternary Science Reviews for 14 years until 2008 and is now 

Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, as well as a member of the Editorial Board 

of Quaternary International, Boreas and Journal of Quaternary Science. Currently he is a member of the 

Natural England Science Advisory Committee. 

ROSE, Stephen 

Steve is a Technical Director with JBA Consulting in Yorkshire. He has a BSc in Geography and Topographic 

Science from University College Swansea and an MSc in Engineering Hydrology from Imperial 

College, London. Steve has 20 years experience of undertaking applied research and consultancy into the 

environmental impacts of agricultural and rural land management on water and soil resources. Steve has led 

on a number of projects focusing on rural land drainage, strategic flood risk assessment, losses of 

agrochemicals and pathogens to surface waters and wetland restoration. He has also published a number of 

scientific papers related to the findings of these research projects. 

ROSENTHAL, Robert 

Robert is a PGCE Tutor and Partnership Co-ordinator for the Schools of Education and Social Work at the 

University of Sussex. Prior to this, Robert was a geography teacher at a variety of schools and Sixth form 

centres. He has an MA in Sociology and Anthropology of Travel and Tourism, and has also been awarded the 

Fawcett Fellowship at University College London. Robert is also an external examiner for the Canterbury 

Christ Church University Geography PGCE course, and has attended and presented at numerous CPD 

events 

ROYLE, Stephen 

Steve Royle is Professor of Island Geography at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a graduate of St John's 

College, Cambridge and has a PhD from Leicester University. Steve’s main research focuses on the 

geography of islands, and settlement, including historical settlements, with extensive research undertaken in 

Ireland. He has been President of both the Geographical Society of Ireland and the Ulster Society for Irish 

Historical Studies. Steve also represents Ireland on the Council of British Geography and is Secretary of the 

Royal Irish Academy Committee for Geographical Sciences. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. 

RUSSELL, Gillian 

Gillian is a Subject Leader of Geography at Abbot Beyne School in Burton-upon-Trent. She has a degree in 

Geography and Geology, and an MSc in Mineral Exploration. Gillian is a firm believer in fieldwork and has 

participated in and led various opportunities. She has led summer schools for Gifted and Talented students, 

which have involved links with numerous organizations. Gillian has led inset, both within her school and 

externally, and has mentored non-specialist teachers and NQTs. She has been a member of the 

Geographical Association for many years, and her school is a member of the RGS-IBG. 

RUTTER, John 

John Rutter is Principal Teacher of Geography at North Berwick High School and is also involved in the 

development of Scottish national qualifications in geography and GIS. Previously he worked as a scientist for 

the UK government's overseas development programme and as a tour leader for Explore Worldwide, 


spending many years in South and Central America, Africa and India. John has authored and contributed to 

several geography textbooks and writes for Nelson Thornes' Geofile and GeoActive and the Guardian's 

Learnthings website as well as various adventure travel magazines. He is a Scottish Mountain Bike Leader, 

GoMtb instructor and Forest School leader. 

SAMUELS, Brian 

Brian recently retired from his part-time lecturer post at Nottingham Trent University in the Education 

Department (Secondary and Tertiary Department). Brian has a BA (Hons) in Geography from University of 

London and an MPhil from University of East Anglia. Brian has taught Geography for a number of years and 

has most recently moved into training teachers for PGCE and BSc (Hons) students. In addition to his 

teaching, Brian has been Vice Chairman of the OCR East Midlands Consultative Committee, a member of the 

Qualifications Committee of OCR and the Court of the University of Nottingham representing the National 

Association of Head Teachers; and has written for a number of educational publications. Brian has also just 

been elected Chair of the East Midlands Consultative Committee of OCR and also Chair of the (National) Life 

Members Committee of the National Association of Head Teachers. He has also been awarded the first 

Honorary Life Membership of the Association. Brain was awarded an M.B.E. for Services to Education and to 

the Community in East Midlands in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2008 and is also a Member of the Court 

of the University of East Anglia. 

SANDELL, Mary 

Mary is currently Deputy Head at The Forest School in Wokingham, prior to which she was a Senior Teacher 

at Windsor Boys’ School, and an Advanced Skills Teacher. She has led fieldwork in North Wales, Shropshire, 

Devon and Cornwall. 

SANDERS, Richard 

Richard is a natural catastrophe consultant for Willis Limited and is based in Singapore. Richard has a BSc in 

Geography from Birkbeck College, University of London and an MSc in Geographical Information from City 

University. Richard's work has mainly focused on managing a variety of catastrophe risk projects including 

flood modelling programs in the UK and Asia, earthquake risk assessment system for Turkey and Algeria, a 

UK costal flood model and windstorm models for the UK and Japan. Although Richard has been the 

manager for these projects his work has also included detailed technical research and 

development. Richards work is now focused on flood, typhoon and earthquake risk in Asia, as well as a 

specialised and global role in catastrophe risk to Ports. Richard has published many of his findings in 

scientific papers in the UK and USA and has presented at a number of EU and international conferences. 

SAWYER, James 

James works as a Director at WSPA managing global programmes of work on Disaster Management, Rabies 

Vaccination and Humane Dog Control and Oceans. James sits on the Global Senior Management Team of 

the Charity. Prior to this he was Director of Operations for Coral Cay Conservation and has held posts with a 

range of development and conservation NGO's both overseas and in the UK. James is also an explorer and 

has led 14 expeditions in his career as well as having experience of managing projects in over 40 countries. 

In 2009 James organised and led a team the first exploration of the interior of the North Negros Natural Park 

providing the first scientific evidence of the Visayan Spotted Deer (the world’s rarest) in over 25 years. This 

was followed up in 2012 with a return to gain the first photos taken in the wild of the world’s second rarest 

deer and wild pig species. He has a BSc (Hons) in Geography and an MSc in Emergency Planning and 

Disaster Management. 

SCACE, Robert 

Bob, a Consulting Geographer for 35 years, is President of Scace Environmental Advisors Inc. and Senior 

Consultant, Environment to Stantec Consulting Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Bob has an MA (Hons) in 

Geography from University of Aberdeen, and MA and PhD in Geography from University of Calgary. His 

technical, coordination and project management services are directed to an array of environmental 

commissions ranging from national parks, dams, contaminated sites, oil sands and pipelines to airports and 

urban settings. Clients include Government of Canada, Government of Alberta, Government of Peru, City of 

Calgary, Devon Canada Corporation, Calgary Airport Authority and Canadian Pacific Railway. Bob helped 

found the Canadian Environmental Industry Association and received the National Parks Centennial Award 

from the Government of Canada. Bob has authored/edited papers, monographs, conference proceedings and 

books. 

SCHEMBRI, John 

John coordinates the Geography Division within the Mediterranean Institute of the University of Malta. He has 

a BA in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies and History from the University of Malta and an MA and a PhD 

in Geography both from the University of Durham. Creating links with British and other and other universities, 


helped him to work towards developing the Geography Department at the university, expanding its capacity 

and promoting the importance of the subject to attract more students. John’s research and lecturing interest is 

in the population geography of walled towns in terms of demographic change, migration and housing, and 

coastal zone management in urban coastal areas integrating field studies to most courses. Walled Towns in 

Malta have become an important part of the undergraduate programme with students having the opportunity 

to undertake fieldwork experience. John has presented his research about the Maltese Islands and 

Mediterranean coasts in conferences and academic publications. John contributes regularly to the Training 

Programme on Regional Ocean Governance of the International Ocean Institute. He is also active in the 

National Board of Examinations (MATSEC) in Malta and has maintained professional development through a 

number of meetings and seminars organised by the board. 

SCHOLES, Ronald 

Ronald has a Certificate in Education from University of Birmingham, a Diploma of Advanced Study in 

Education from University of Keele and a Masters in Education from University of Manchester. Although now 

officially retired, Ronald continues to write a number of travel books, including illustrated talks on the UK and 

overseas. He has planned and completed many long distance walks, including routes from Cape Wrath to 

Lands End, from Cardiff to Conway, from Ravenglass in Cumbria to Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland 

and from the Isle of Wight to the Isle of Anglesey. He has provided the hand-drawn route maps for the new 

publication of A Pennine Journey, a walk of 247 miles from Settle to the Roman Wall and back to Settle. 

Ronald is an Honorary Member of the Wainwright Society. 

SCRAFTON, Derek 

Derek boasts a long career in the field of transport policy, an interest which was first fired during his National 

Service when he passed the Chartered Institute of Transport examinations. He undertook postgraduate 

studies in 1963 at Queen Mary College, London then wrote his PhD thesis on public transport development in 

West Yorkshire. His first post was for the then Railway & Highway Division of the Canadian (Federal) 

Department of Canada, where he worked on formulating road and rail transport policy. He was then promoted 

to head a new Urban Transport Development Division where he guided federal involvement in urban 

transport. In 1972 he was recruited by the South Australia Government as Director-General of Transport 

where he stayed for 25 years until his retirement in 1997. Derek’s work has been honored by various bodies 

including the Institution of Engineers Australia Transport Medal in 1993 and the Institute of Transport 

Engineers Award in 2005 for service to the transport profession. Although officially retired, Derek is still 

actively engaged in consulting. 

SELLICK, Jessica 

Jessica is a Director at Rose Regeneration where she takes a leading role in the development of physical 

regeneration projects in rural and coastal communities. Jessica has previously worked in the agriculture 

programme at the new economics foundation (nef), the food and farming division at Defra, and for Maplecroft 

Maps. Jessica has a BA Honours in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of the West of 

England; and an MSc in Society and Space and PhD in Geographical Sciences from the University of Bristol. 

In her spare time, Jessica works for UTASS (Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services) in a voluntary 

capacity. UTASS provides a wide range of support services to communities in Teesdale and specialises in 

agricultural matters. 

SELMES, Ian 

Ian is a Geography Teacher, Staff Tutor and Professional Tutor at Oakham School in Rutland. Ian is an 

Independent Schools Team Inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate, and also is heavily involved 

in the Geographical Association. He has links to the University of Cambridge and University of Loughborough 

via PGCE partnerships, and has been involved in work with the General Teaching Council for England. He 

has given numerous lectures and organised many CPD opportunities. 

SERCOMBE, David 

David is GIS Development Manager at Teignbridge District Council. David has a BSc (Hons) degree in 

Marine Geography from Cardiff University and a PgDip in GIS from the University of Glamorgan. 

SHAHEED, Asad 

Asad is a planner and architect and Director of Halcrow Group Ltd. Asad has a degree in Architecture from 

Washington University and a Masters in Architecture from Pratt Institute New York. Asad has been 

responsible for the International Development Planning and Urban Design activities at Halcrow for over 10 

years. Asad has worked on a range of UK work including integrated town centre studies, urban regeneration, 

master planning and conservation projects. Asad has also worked on a number of overseas projects including 

most recently working in Dominica, British Virgin Islands and Anguilla. 


SHAHID, Rizwan 

Rizwan has a masters in GIS from the University of Calgary and a masters in Computer Science from the 

University of Preston. He has been working for Alberta Health Services since 2005 where he is actively 

involved in the design and development of GIS. 

SHANKSTER, Michael 

Michael is Principal Officer (GIS) at the Environment Agency. He has worked within the water industry for the 

last 20 years initially as a person creating the datasets and producing the maps, latterly as the Regional GIS 

Coordinator working on both Regional and National GIS projects. His role has changed from a specialist 

providing a mapping service to a Technical advisor assisting a wider audience of staff to make better use of 

the software available to them. 

SHIPMAN, Katy 

Katy is Head of Geography and Travel and Tourism at Roseberry Sports and Community College in Chester 

Le Street. Katy is a member of the Secondary Phase Committee of the Geographical Association, and is 

heavily involved in their working including their annual conference. She is a leading professional with 

Education Leeds and has organised networks for Leeds geography teachers. She travelled to Jordan on a 

British Council project to develop the use of fieldwork in Jordan. Katy is also an associate examiner for 

Edexcel. 

SHORTRIDGE, Richard 

Richard is a Senior GIS Consultant at WS Atkins. He has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from the University of 

Edinburgh and an M.Phil. in Spatial Ecology from the University of Manchester. During his studies Richard 

worked as a voluntary researcher on three projects, one in the North of Scotland looking at the spatial 

distribution of Water Voles, another investigating Eider Duck nesting distribution on the Ythan Estuary, 

Aberdeenshire and finally oak plant gall distribution in the Northern Uplands of Hungary. For Atkins Richard 

specialises in GIS analysis, data management, data conversion, 3D visualisation, World Heritage Site 

Assessments and socio-economic analysis. These skills have enabled him to work on prestigious projects 

such as EU Flood GIS, London Olympics and the Heathrow 3 rd Runway Investigation. 

SIMM, David 

David is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography in the Department of Geography at Bath Spa University, 

where he has taught since 2001 after moving from St Mary's University College in London. He has also been 

the Course Leader for Development Geography at Bath Spa University. David studied for a BSc Joint 

Honours in Geography and Geology at Aberystwyth University and a PhD at the University of Exeter, which 

looked at patterns of flooding and overbank deposition on the floodplains of lowland rivers using sediment 

traps and radionuclides. He continues to research and teach on fluvial Geomorphology, in particular river 

restoration and River Trusts. He is also actively involved in pedagogic research, in particular the teaching of 

research methods using problem-based learning and the benefits of experiential learning on fieldwork. He is 

a former member of the British Society for Geomorphology's Executive Committee, and a former editor of the 

BSG’s newsletter Geophemera. 

SIMMONS, Ian 

Ian is Professor Emeritus and Hon Research Fellow at University of Durham. Ian has a BSc and PhD from 

the University of London, a DLitt from Durham University and a Honorary DSc from Aberdeen University. 

Ian’s research interests have included The palaeoecology of the Mesolithic period in northern England and 

the environmental history of the moorlands of England and Wales. He is currently working on the medieval 

landscape evolution of South Lindsey. He also writes on the broad-scale global relations between ecology, 

economy and values in environmental history. He is still active in research and publication, with forthcoming 

publications on the environmental history of East Lincolnshire. Ian was awarded the Victoria Medal of the 

Royal Geographical Society in 1998. Ian is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of Academia 

Europaea and an FSA. 

SIMPSON, Richard 

Richard is an independent Outdoor Learning Consultant, canoe coach and mountain leader. He has 

previously seen success as Outdoor Education Adviser for Service Children's Education; advising schools 

throughout Germany, Cyprus and in rest of world locations; and in a teaching career that included Head of 

Geography, Head of Humanities and Assistant Headteacher. Richard has a BSc.(Hons) in Geography from 

Lanchester Polytechnic and a PGCE in Geography and Outdoor Education from UCNW Bangor. He is also 

an Accredited Practitioner of the Institute for Outdoor Learning. (APIOL). Geography underpins Richard's 

daily life and work in promoting and developing fieldwork and outdoor learning, in supporting others in their 

development in the outdoors and in his own outdoor adventures throughout Britain and elsewhere. 


SLADDEN, Claire 

Claire specialises in geography and assessment. She is a Fellow of the Society, a Fellow of the Chartered 

Institute of Educational Assessors, a Chartered Educational Assessor (CEA) and a senior member 

of Trinity College, Cambridge. Her main involvement is with international examinations in geography, post- 

16, which she sets, examines, moderates, revises and inspects and for which she works as a training 

consultant internationally. 

SMIT, Hendrik 

Commander Hennie Smit is a Lecturer in Military Geography at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. 

Hennie has a BA in Geography and an MA in Geography and Environmental Science both from University of 

Stellenbosch. Hennie has recently submitted his PhD proposal. Hennie teaches undergraduate courses in 

climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, political geography, urban geography and environmental studies. 

He has a number of publications and has attended many workshops, conferences and seminars as part of his 

ongoing continuing professional development. 

SMITH, Jean 

Jean Smith has an MA in Geography and Psychology from Dundee University, an MSC in Physical 

Geography from the University of Toronto, Canada and a postgraduate business diploma. She joined the 

MOD Mapping and Charting Establishment in August 1981 as a map researcher and has specialised in 

geographic research and terrain analysis in a number of posts during her career. She also has held posts in 

inhouse libraries and spent several years establishing policy and agreeing customer requirements for 

geographic support and how they should be satisfied. She spent 7 years in York as a corporate planner and 

manager of a private business college between 1995 and 2002. She has led elements of DGC's geographic 

research activities since November 2005 and has headed DGC's Human Geography team since its inception 

in 2008, working closely with UK and international partners to develop human geography approaches to 

complement topographic mapping in a military context. She was awarded an MBE in June 2009. 

SMITH, Michael J. 

Mike J. Smith has received a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in geography from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 

an M.Sc. degree in geography from the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D degree in palaeo-glaciology 

from the University of Sheffield. He is currently a Reader in Remote Sensing in the School of Geography, 

Geology and the Environment at Kingston University, principally lecturing to bachelor and masters 

programmes on the application of remote sensing in the geosciences. His research interests are based 

around the application of digital elevation models in geomorphology and specifically focused upon the 

visualisation and geomorphometric modelling of glacial landscapes. Recent interests also include field 

spectroscopy of loess. His is the founder and Editor of the Journal of Maps. 

SMITH, Michael J. C. 

Michael has more than 30 years experience, using his specialist skills in GIS and surveying to solve complex 

spatial problems. He joined Web GIS specialists Astun Technology Limited in 2010 after 3 years with 

addressing specialists Aligned Assets Limited and 7 years with GDC and then Pitney Bowes MapInfo. During 

his career he has worked on a number of projects, most notably Enterprise GI and Addressing solutions for 

more than 50 local authorities. Michael is a former Council Member (Director) of the Association of 

Geographic Information (AGI) where he represented the Welsh GI community. He is an active member of the 

AGI Cymru Steering Group and is also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 

SMITH, Peter 

Peter Smith has taught geography at school, polytechnic and university levels, including a period in a school 

of architecture using his town planning background. As one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of education [HMI] he 

was the national adviser for geography. He also managed the LEA inspection division of Ofsted. Now retired 

from full time work he is still active as a consultant in educational and environmental matters. He is a member 

of RGS-IBG Council, and chairman of the NE and Yorkshire branch of the RGS. He is an assessor for the C 

Geog applications. He is president of the National Association of Field Studies Officers [NAFSO], a trustee of 

the Field Studies Council [FSC], and a member of Brathay Exploration Group. In 2007 he was a judge of the 

RGS's Young Geographer of the Year Award and the Geographical Association's Worldwise competition. He 

is still actively involved with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and also travels widely to supervise young US 

trainee teachers on their placements in other countries. 

SMITH, Robert 

Robert is a Director of Archaeo-Environmental Consulting in Manchester. He has an MSc in Wetland 

Archaeological Science and Management and a PhD in Geography, both from the University of Hull. After 

completion of his PhD, Robert became a Research Associate and then a Research Fellow, working within the 


Wetland Archaeology and Environments Research Centre (WAERC) at the University of Hull. He was 

responsible for managing a range of archaeological and environmental projects. Robert is currently an 

Associate of WAERC, and is involved in a number of ongoing commercial projects. 

SMYTH, Conor 

Conor studied at Queen’s University Belfast, where he gained a BA (Hons) in Geography and a PhD which 

investigated the environmental impacts of land-use change in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, then as a 

Research Fellow he led research into the use of GIS at the micro-scale for agri-environmental modelling. In 

2011, Conor relocated to Scotland, and is currently the Head of Research and Geodata services at EDINA, a 

national service centre, based at the University of Edinburgh with responsibility for strategic direction, 

development and provision of online geospatial services to the UK academic sector. Previously, Conor 

worked in Operational GIS and network accessibility modelling in the public transport sector, with later 

responsibility for Corporate Divisional GIS activities. Throughout his professional career, Conor has been 

actively involved in promoting geographical skills and GIS as well as undertaking a variety of advisory roles. 

He travels extensively, and has extensive experience and knowledge of Brazil. Conor is a former Chair of the 

AGI Northern Ireland Executive Committee and served on AGI Council, in London (2004-11). Conor was 

awarded the AGI ‘Volunteer of the year’ award in 2007. He also is a founding member of the RGS Northern 

Ireland Regional Group. Since inception, Conor continues to work with RGS-IBG on the CGeog (GIS) CPD 

Programme, as an assessor and mentor. 

SNELLING, John 

John is currently the Head of Geography at Trinity School in Croydon, Surrey. He has previously taught in 

schools in Wolverhampton, Bogota (Columbia) and Norwich. John has had articles published in 'Teaching 

Geography' journal, and has recently produced some resources for the fieldwork strand of the Action Plan for 

Geography. He works within the GA's Outdoor Learning Working Group. 

SPENCE, Mary 

Mary is a Project Manager at Global Mapping Ltd. Mary has an MA in Geography from University of 

Aberdeen and a Postgraduate Diploma in Cartography from University of Glasgow. Mary is also a Fellow of 

the British Cartographic Society including being Vice President 2004-2006. Before working for Global 

Mapping, Mary worked at GEO Projects for 28 years, producing award winning maps, securing nine BCS 

Design Awards, thirteen John Bartholomew Awards and four International Map Trade Association Best Map 

Awards. More recently, Mary has taken on consultancy projects including Head of Content Acquisition for 

British Waterways in 2003. In 2003, Mary was included in the Top 10 UK cartographers in a review by the 

Independent on Sunday. The culmination of Mary's career was being awarded an MBE for services to 

cartographic design. 

SPENCER, Ian 

lan Spencer is a civil servant responsible for leading and developing geographic research at the Defence 

Geographic Centre, Ministry of Defence, UK. A graduate of the Geography Department at Royal Holloway, 

University of London, he has over 20 years’ experience as a Defence geography and mapping specialist. He 

has been involved and a range of activities that have advanced the development, production and delivery of 

geographic information. His contributions include the development of early vector product specifications and 

representing UK interests in a variety of international standards projects, such as NATO standards and the 

ISO TC 211 committee which developed the IS019xxx geographic information standards. In 2002 he 

completed the Executive MBA with distinction at Imperial College London and progressed to become a 

member of the senior management team at the Defence Geographic Centre in 2004. Since 2008 he has been 

providing a key contribution to the development of Defence doctrine and the promotion of geography as a key 

enabler for achieving the understanding required to support decision making for military operations, in 

particular for operations for pre-emptive and reactive stabilisation, and humanitarian aid and disaster relief. 

lan is also the MOD sponsor and representative for the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 

(located within the House of the Royal Geographical Society) and is working hard to enhance and broaden 

the recognition and application of their advice and policies on geographical names within HM Government 

departments. lan is also a Chartered Manager, a professional accreditation awarded by the Chartered 

Management Institute. 

SPENCER, Robert 

Robert is a Principal Consultant with Scott Wilson Group plc. He has a BA in Geography from the University 

of Southampton and an MSc in Land Use and Forestry from the University of Oxford. Robert specialises in 

integrated resource management and has over 12 years experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary 

projects and programmes in the UK and overseas. These have included several programmes for the UK’s 

Department for International Development (DFID) in Central America, Nigeria and China where Robert has 

provided technical advice on state institutions and reform, environment policy, community-based 


management, capacity development and rural livelihoods and civil society partnership building. In the last 

three years Robert has involved himself in the emerging field of industrial ecology and the practical 

application of that discipline through the UK’s National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP). He is 

currently Programme Coordinator for NISP in South East England. 

SPIVEY, Diane 

Diane is Director of SPV Consulting, a company she established in 2009 to provide economic and 

commercial development analysis and advice to the public, private and voluntary regeneration sectors. She 

combines this with visiting lecturer work at the University of Chester applying her regeneration knowledge to 

support the Housing and Regeneration Masters programmes work based learning modules and contribute to 

undergraduate teaching. A physical geographer by background with strong field research and Geographical 

Information System experience she has a BA (Hons) from the University of Brighton, Master’s degree 

focused on permafrost research in the sub-arctic from Carleton University, Canada and a PhD which used 

GIS to model badland farm in South East Spain (University of Liverpool) funded and jointly supervised by 

University of Chester. She has worked as a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University and moved into the field of 

Environmental Due Diligence working for RPS Group Plc primarily in the French corporate mergers and 

acquisitions market. Over the past 12 years she has applied her skills in the field of economic development 

and commercial property regeneration in Liverpool and other areas of the Northwest. 

STANTON, Paul 

Holding charterships in computer science, IT and transport planning, I specialize in the application of 

geospatial technologies to business analytics, development and location planning, accessibility analysis, 

network demand forecasting and sustainability best practice. For the past decade and a half, I have been 

engaged mainly on transportation studies, both in the UK and abroad, devising and applying several novel 

GIS applications along the way. More recently, I have concentrated my efforts on process improvements, 

project management and business development. Throughout this time I have promoted the use of GIS and 

spatial statistics: to realize efficiencies in the structuring, combination and application of data; to extract 

greater richness and insight from complex and voluminous data; and to help render the entire planning and 

decision process more transparent and open to non-specialists. 

My academic background (which encompasses architecture, cartography, surveying, computer science, 

systems and quantitative geography) betrays an open and enquiring mind with many interests, but 

increasingly I have focused on two particular themes: 

� the multi-dimensional nature of the objects of geographic study; and 

� the potential for geography to bridge the many artificial divisions that several centuries of positivism have 

erected, such as the demarcation between 'human' and 'natural' ecologies, between physical and social 

networks, and indeed between the burgeoning professional disciplines themselves. 

Having spent more than a decade in commercial consultancy, I recently set up my own company, 

GeoSpecial. This has allowed me to spend more time pursuing my research interests (e.g. currently 

Membership Secretary for the BCS's Geospatial specialist group and reading for a research masters at 

Cambridge) and to extend my campaigning activities (e.g. opposing the relentless spread of 'BigBox' 

developments and co-founding the Trellis group, which aims to promote alternative energy futures amongst 

built environment professionals). 

STAPLETON, Rob 

Rob started his career in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in 1991, later graduating from Kingston 

University in 1997 with First Class Honours in GIS. In 2003 he was appointed as GIS/LLPG Manager for 

Carlisle City Council where he worked to develop corporate awareness of the benefits of geography and GIS. 

For example, procuring and implementing an ArcGIS based corporate GIS solution, drastically revolutionising 

their geographic information management and analytical methods. Rob’s GIS skills were of key importance 

during the 2005 Carlisle floods, in which the maps he produced greatly helped the emergency reaction to the 

flood. In March 2010 Rob joined Spatial Consultants Ltd as Senior Consultant, specialising in Public Sector 

and Telecoms projects. Rob is continually advancing his GIS skills, having participated in numerous related 

professional courses, as well as working to improve the skills of others. 

STEELE, Robert 

Robert works as the GIS Manager for Mole Valley District Council in Surrey. His role encompasses all 

aspects of GIS including those of provision, development, administration and best use of GIS throughout the 

authority. He is also involved in peripheral (IT) elements such as service strategy, design and provision, 

systems development and technical planning. He has developed the prominence and understanding of GIS 

among officers, senior management and elected members and helped to improve the efficiency and accuracy 


of decision-making at a corporate level. GIS now underpins all major business systems, is available to all staff 

and is integral to the daily operation of most services. Robert is the Deputy Project Lead for the authority’s 

long term emissions reduction plan, which targets the carbon footprint of the organisation, its partners and the 

wider community of Mole Valley. He has been instrumental in the preparation and application of remedial 

measures drawn up in the authority’s Carbon Management Plan 2010-2015. Robert holds a BSc in 

Geography and Environmental Management from the University of the West of England Bristol. He is 

interested in 3D visualisation and preparing terrain models for environmental impact assessment. 

STEYL, Ilse 

llse is a physical geographer and GIS specialist working in the field of environmental management & GIS 

analysis. She received her BA (Hons) degree from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, as well as 

her research Master’s degree. llse went on to work at the Department of Water Affairs & Forestry in South 

Africa, where she did spatial analysis and managed GIS projects for afforestation and Strategic 

Environmental Assessment projects. In 2004, llse received her PhD from the University of Southampton in 

the UK, on examining the use of GIS in modelling water resources over a catchment-wide context. The 

knowledge gained through her research stood her in good stead working on a number of projects on 

international water management in countries such as China, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Tanzania, 

whilst employed by the University of Southampton. Through her employment at the engineering consultancy 

Arup as Senior Scientist, she was involved in a number of projects ranging from river restoration, flood 

management and railway track drainage. In 2012, Ilse started her own geospatial company, Vista Spatial. 

STILEMAN, Mark 

Mark has been employed by Ordnance Survey since 2000 where he has worked in various roles. He is 

currently a product manager within the Imagery and Height portfolio. From 1997 to 2000 Mark worked for the 

Bermuda Government where he managed the conversion of the paper map sheets in to a seamless 

geographic database and a set of orthophotography. Before this Mark worked for Halcrow where his work 

involved the development of shoreline management plans and a database of coastal flood risk by postcode 

for the insurance industry. 

STOBIE, Graham 

I've been working in the engineering consultancy sector since 2005, which is most of my working life since 

completing an MSc in GIS in 2004. Prior to this I actually spent 6 years in the financial sector, but always 

planned on coming back to geography after studying the subject for my first degree. Working in the 

engineering sector has allowed me to apply the GIS skills I picked up doing my masters to real-world 

problems, the results of which have helped clients in making key strategic investment decisions. Through my 

work I've been able to work closely with other GIS experts and engineers, but also with statisticians, database 

developers, surveyors, project managers, strategic planners and financial managers. GIS is clearly a 

discipline which is playing an increasingly important role in many sectors, and for me at least has provided 

the opportunity to work in a truly interesting and challenging environment. 

STOTT Tim 

Tim is currently a Professor in Physical Geography and Outdoor Education at Liverpool John Moores 

University where he has been teaching since 1994. He is the Curriculum Leader for BSc (Hons) Outdoor 

Education with Environmental Education; BA (Hons) Outdoor Education with Adventure Tourism; BA (Hons) 

Outdoor Education with Physical Education. Tim has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from University 

of Wales, Aberystwyth, a PhD in Fluvial Geomorphology from University of Stirling & Institute of Hydrology, 

and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary) from University of Wales, Bangor. Tim has very 

strong teaching and research credentials. In 2007, he received a University Teaching Fellowship Award for 

Excellence in Teaching and Learning and was one of two from the University to be nominated for the Higher 

Education Academy’s National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. 

STREET-PERROTT, Alayne 

Alayne is Research Professor of Physical Geography in the Tropical Palaeoenvironments Research Group at 

Swansea University. Alayne has a BA (Hons) from University of Cambridge, an MA in Geography and 

Geology from Colorado, an MA from Cambridge and an MA from Oxford, and a PhD in Late Quaternary 

Lakes in the Ziway-Shala Basin, Ethiopia from Cambridge. Alayne’s research interests include 

Palaeoclimatology, palaeolimnology, tropical palaeoenvironments, stable isotopes, long-term changes in the 

carbon cycle in the tropics. 

STRONG, Tamarin 

Tamarin is a Senior GIS Consultant for the Midlands Campus Office of ARUP. She leads a team to provide 

GIS support to the wide range of engineering disciplines within the office. GIS work ranges in size and 

complexity from small site environmental assessments to large major infrastructure projects. Tamarin is 


committed to promoting a wider use and increased awareness of GIS and the availability of geographic data. 

This has been achieved by giving presentations and running training courses, both internally and to clients. 

Tamarin has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Southampton and an MSc in Mineral Exploration 

from Imperial College, with a dissertation focused on the cost effective use of GIS for desk based exploration. 

Previous roles have included GIS posts at the Environment Agency and a Local Authority transport and 

planning department. 

STUDLEY, John 

John has been interested in international forestry since the early 1970s. He undertook a number of 

qualifications in Forestry interspersed with work as a community forester in Nepal before his MA in Rural 

Social Development at Reading University and PhD at Loughborough University which involved research on 

ethno-forestry in Tibet. John combined his PhD studies with consultancy work for organisations including 

DFID, TNC and CSF in China, Tibet and Nepal. His work has included forestry research, conservation, 

curriculum development, forestry education and training, and community forestry. John is passionate about 

High Asia and he can speak Nepalese, Jumli (a Nepalese dialect), Tibetan and Mandarin. He has been 

privileged enough to be granted permission to visit areas of China normally off limits for Westerners. After a 

period in the UK, he is hoping to return to High Asia again in the near future. 

SUGDEN, David 

Since 1987 David has been a Professor of Geography at Edinburgh University. He is a physical geographer 

and world leader in glacial and polar geomorphology. His research seeks to understand how ice sheets 

behave and interact with the global environment. He has been involved in projects in the Arctic on five 

occasions and in the Antarctic on 13 occasions and his research led to the discovery of the oldest ice yet 

found on earth. David is the author of three books and over 100 papers on glacial-related topics. 

SUTTON, Martin 

Martin is Acting Head of Geography at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading. Martin has attended numerous 

CPD events throughout his career, and has bought outside speakers including foreign teachers into his 

lessons to enhance pupil learning. He has started a weather club at his school, and organized after school 

revision sessions with awarding body representatives. Martin has had work published online and in the GA’s 

Teaching Geography. 

SWABEY, Stephen 

Dr Swabey is a geomorphologist and hydrologist resident in New South Wales, Australia. He specialises in 

karst geomorphology and hydrology, Quaternary science, fluvial geomorphology and coastal geomorphology. 

Dr Swabey's first degree in Geography is from the University of Oxford and his PhD concerns the rates of 

Late Glacial palaeoclimate change as reconstructed from stalagmite geochemistry in NW Europe. Dr Swabey 

has taught various physical geography courses at the University of Tasmania (Launceston) and the University 

of Auckland; worked as Manager, Natural Hazards for the Otago Regional Council, NZ and led the NZ 

Government's climate change adaptation and natural hazards work programs. His present position is as an 

environmental consultant for Umwelt (Australia) Pty Ltd. Dr Swabey has wide experience in practical 

geomorphology, hydrology, geochemistry, sedimentology, climate change and hydrogeology. His expertise 

also includes policy development, operational flood risk management and strategic plan development at 

regional and national government levels. 

SWANTON, Phillipa 

Geography has featured throughout my career. I started employment as a traditional cartographer building 

upon my interests in Geography and graphic design and moved into digital cartography and then into 

geographic information systems, achieving academic qualifications in cartography and geographic 

information systems whilst working full time. I currently lead the Geographic Services team in Natural 

England, managing the work of a team of 16 people providing geographic services to colleagues and 

customers. These services include interactive maps, desktop tools, data collection, data capture, data 

management and distribution services, as well as leading on GI Literacy Strategy for the organisation. I am 

actively involved in cross-government initiatives including the Pan-Government Agreement steering group 

and previously the Intra-Governmental Group for Geographic Information. My skills and experience include 

ensuring data can be shared for evidence-based policy-making and service delivery, ensuring that data 

services meet customer, business and legislative requirements and developing strategy, policy, principles, 

guidance, standards and procedures to share and manage data. My team was also responsible for ensuring 

that the regulations were put in place for the EC INSPIRE Directive. Earlier in my career I was the project 

manager for early implementations of Intranet GI clients and responsible for delivery of the award winning 

MAGIC service, which was the first web-based interactive map that drew together environmental datasets 

from seven government partners and still provides an invaluable service today. 


SWETNAM, Ruth 

Ruth is a GIS specialist interested in the application of spatial modelling to environmental processes at a 

range of spatial and temporal scales (local, national and regional). She has studies at the Universities of 

Sheffield (BSc), Edinburgh (MSc) and more recently at the University of Exeter (PhD). Ruth's research 

interests lie in the fields of landscape ecology, historical geography, land use change and environmental 

information. After short spells at the National Remote Sensing Centre and the British Antarctic Survey she 

spent 14 years at the NERC MSc from Edinburgh and a PhD from Exeter. She previously worked at the 

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology where she built a GIS databases to investigate ecological processes relevant 

to both fauna and flora. She is working on the Leverhulme funded programme ‘Valuing the Arc’ 

(http://valuingthearc.org/) at the University of Cambridge which is modelling ecosystem services in the 

Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania 

TANG, Ming Yu 

Ming Yu (also known as Peggy) graduated with a Bachelor Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, 

Canada. She then went on to complete a Master of Science in Environmental and Public Health Management 

from Hong Kong Baptist University. She has since spent the past six years working in environmental firms in 

various roles from assistant through to senior consultant. She continues to develop and apply sustainability 

and environmental knowledge and techniques in a variety of green building environment. Her broad ranging 

work focuses on formulation, submission and negotiation of a wide range of urban projects, addressing 

sustainability items, resolving issues and creating community benefits. 

TANSLEY, Scott 

Scott is currently a Senior GIS Consultant/Analyst at North South GIS in New Zealand. As one of several 

Senior Consultants Scott is a part of the technical delivery team, delivering Enterprise GIS into a range of 

Local and Central Government customers. Scott also provides consultancy to various agencies in 

Christchurch relating to Feb 2011 Earthquake, and data sharing between those organisations. Scott was 

previously a GIS Consultant working for ESRI UK. He worked within the Pre and Post Sales area, supporting 

a mixture of Central and Local Government customers, along with some specialist industry areas including 

mining and transport. His knowledge of these various industries is mixed with his programming and data 

analysis backgrounds, to provide business as well as technical support. Prior to this, Scott was a GIS Analyst 

and Programmer for The Coal Authority, based in Nottinghamshire. He has a BSc Honours in Geography 

from Loughborough University and an MSc in Geographical Information Science from Birkbeck, University of 

London. Scott began using GIS in the workplace whilst working for Nottingham City Council's Education 

Department where he analysed geographical data to assist the process of school place planning. 

TAPPING, Roger 

Roger is Director of Academic Development at Burgess Hill School for Girls in West Sussex and has 

oversight of curriculum development, teaching and learning throughout the school. Roger has led more than 

80 school residential trips, tours and expeditions in the UK and 20 other countries. Roger’s current roles 

include leading INSET courses, monitoring and sharing good practice in teaching and learning, acting as an 

ISI inspector and developing a range of curriculum initiatives. He has devised and introduced an Integrated 

Studies Course in Year 7 based on the Olympic Games and developing a range of transferrable skills. He 

also acts as Centre Co-ordinator for the Extended Project Qualification. He dreams that in his twighlight 

years he will reduce the administrative role and increase his Geography teaching role. Teaching A level 

Geography and leading fieldwork visits remains the most rewarding aspect of his job. 

TAYLOR, Adrian 

Adrian is Head of Geography at St Mary’s RC High School in Chesterfield. He is a member of the 

Geographical Association, and regularly attends the GA annual conference. He has worked with Durham 

University on a coastal management day, and also has links to Newcastle University and Lancaster 

University. He has organised geography inset for various networks in the area, and has also been a member 

of the BBC Geography Working Group. 

TEMPLE, Samantha 

Samantha is a Geography AST at Budmouth College, Weymouth. Samantha has a BA (Hons) in Geography 

from University of Portsmouth, a PGCE in Secondary Geography from University of Exeter and is currently 

undertaking a MA in Educational Development at University of Plymouth. Samantha is a Lt in the Army 

section of the College CCF Contingent and is heavily involved with outdoor education both for cadetsand 

students. She is Team manager for Ten Tors, Unit Co-ordinator for Dofe and organises various off-site visits 

for students in the UK, bi-annual trips to New York, USA and Iceland. She has also traveled to Japan, 

Canada and Australia looking at teaching methods in secondary schools. In addition to her teaching 

responsibilities Samantha has helped train teachers and been a Mentor for students from Exeter University. 


She also co-ordinates the meetings of the Chesil Education Partnership Secondary Geography Teachers 

Network. 

TERRY, Alan 

Alan is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England. His research and 

teaching focuses on rural development in the Third World, particularly participatory development and 

community-led development. Alan is also involved in producing geography teaching materials for Key Stage 3 

and is currently working towards establishing a regional centre of excellence for geography for the West 

Country to reinvigorate the subject at both AS/A level and KS3. 

THOMAS, Allison 

Allison is EQMS Manager for the JBA Group with responsibility for maintaining, monitoring and improving the 

Environmental and Quality Management Systems in use across the JBA Group. Prior to taking up this role, 

Allison specialised in the economic assessment of flood risk management proposals. She was involved in 

this area for over 20 years at JBA and the Environment Agency and presented many courses on the subject. 

Allison is an experienced Project Manager having managed a wide range of flood risk and emergency 

planning projects including several multi-agency training exercises. She has a BSc in Geography and 

Landscape Studies from Southampton University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from the 

University of Northampton. 

THOMAS, Stephen 

Stephen is Head of Geography at Slough and Eaton CE School. Stephen has a BSc in Geography and 

Physical Education from University of Lancaster, a PGCE in Geography and Outdoor Education from 

University of Leeds and an MSc in Environment and development from University of Reading. In addition to 

his role as a teacher, Stephen works with Safe the Children on a variety of projects and activities, has been 

involved with the Model United Nations for over ten years and has worked with teachers in Ethiopia and has 

presented at an Association of International Schools in Africa conference. 

THRIFT, Nigel 

Nigel became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick in July 2006. Prior to that he was at the University 

of Oxford where he held posts as Head of the Division of Life and Environmental Sciences at Oxford and Pro- 

Vice-Chancellor for Research. Nigel has a BA (Hons) in Geography from University of Aberystwyth, a PhD 

from University of Bristol and a DSc from University of Bristol. Nigel’s main research interests include money 

and finance, new forms of capitalism, the cultural impacts of information technologies, the history of time and 

time consciousness, non-representational theories, performance in all its forms and cities as foci of spatial 

and temporal experiment. Nigel was awarded the Heath Award from the Royal Geographical Society with IBG 

in 1988, the Newbigin Prize from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1998, the Medal of the 

University of Helsinki 1999, Victoria Medal of the RGS/IBG 2003, Fellow of the British Academy 2003 and 

been made an Academician by the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2000. 

TOMLINSON, Roger 

Roger is the President of Tomlinson Associates Limited (consulting geographers) in Ottawa, Canada. Roger 

has a BSc in Geography from University of Nottingham, a BSc in Geology from Acadia University, Canada, 

an MSc in Geography from McGill University, Canada and a PhD in Geography from University College 

London. Roger has consulted for a number of government departments, the World Bank, representatives for 

UNESCO. Roger received the Order of Canada in 2001, two lifetime achievement awards, the Medal of 

Honor from the Association of American Geographers and the Award of Service from the CAG. Roger has 

published a number of books, monographs and publications. 

TOON, Jane 

Jane has more than 15 years' experience in the GIS and IT industry working as a technical author, GIS 

product specialist and GIS software developer. She is currently documentation manager in the Professional 

Services team at Esri UK, and has also worked as a technical author and GIS product specialist at Esri UK. 

Before joining in 2002 Jane was technical lead in a global team providing IT knowledge management at 

Andersen. She has also held roles as a GIS Software developer in Petroleum Services Group at Andersen 

(now Deloitte Petroleum Services), and as technical coordinator for the 'Cities Revealed' aerial photography 

range at The GeoInformation group. Jane has a BSc in Geographical Information Systems from Kingston 

University, and an MSc in Remote Sensing from UCL. 

TOOTH, Stephen 

Stephen is a Reader in the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales 

(formerly University of Wales, Aberystwyth). Stephen has a BSc in Geography from the University of 

Southampton, a PhD from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, and a Postgraduate 


Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Stephen's research 

interests include geomorphology and fluvial sedimentology, especially in the drylands of Australia and 

southern Africa. Particular research themes include: anabranching rivers; floodplains and floodouts; wetlands 

in drylands; channel-vegetation interactions; bedrock-influenced rivers; controls on gully erosion; long-term 

fluvial landscape development; palaeoenvironmental change; and the use of Earth analogues for 

interpretations of the geomorphology of Mars. 

TOTTERDELL, Ruth 

Ruth is the Publications and Journals Manager for the Geographical Association. Prior to this Ruth was on 

secondment to the Geographical Association as the National Subject Lead in Geography. Prior to this she 

was a geography teacher at King Edward VII School in Sheffield. Ruth has led the Action Plan for Geography 

project ‘Making Geography Happen’ and is also a Lead Practitioner in Geography for Sheffield LA. She runs a 

local network for geography teachers in Sheffield, and has also worked as a Teacher Leader for the Princes 

Teaching |Institute summer schools. Ruth has worked with Teachers TV on two programmes and has written 

numerous publications including several articles for Wide World, text books and the GA Magazine. 

TREMBLAY, Rémy 

Rémy is currently a Professor at TÉLUQ, the distance university of the University of Quebec, Montreal. He is 

former Canada Research Chair on Knowledge Cities. He is co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Regional 

Science and on the editorial board of other journals. He has a BA and MA in Geography from Université 

Laval, Québec City, and a PhD from the University of Ottawa. His work investigates the many sociospatial 

representations of cities, using qualitative methods. He is also interested in geographical education at the 

university level, as well as the travel behaviour of Quebec tourist. 

TURNBULL, Iain 

Iain Turnbull was originally educated as an ecologist and forester at the University of Edinburgh (BSc in 

Ecological Science and MPhil in Forestry Research). In 1986 he began working as a seasonal Countryside 

Ranger with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) at Inverewe Gardens. Following further postgraduate study 

at the University of Edinburgh (MPhil in Forestry Research) he moved to Skye (1990-1991) to take up a post 

as a Research Assistant with Habitat Scotland and Skye Forum gathering data for the Skye Resource Data 

Atlas. In 1992 he moved back to Edinburgh as Senior Management Planner with the NTS and has since 

gravitated towards a significant geographical bias through his employment with the NTS Property Manager 

(since 1996) and finally through an MSc in Geographical Information Systems at the University of 

Southampton (plus the University of Leeds and Penn State's World Campus). Iain is currently manager of 

Balmacara Estate, a 2550 hectare crofting estate in Wester Ross, and a part time GIS Consultant 

(www.ruralgis.com). 

VAN ROOYEN, Cobus 

Cobus is a GIS Specialist working for the engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff. He provides spatial analysis 

and mapping support for the London 2012 Olympics and is mainly involved with venue traffic management 

and the Olympic Route Network. Projects he has been involved in include the National Traffic Control Centre 

(NTCC) project for the Highways Agency and the Telemetry Replacement and Integration (TeRI) project for 

Severn Trent Water. Cobus has a BTech degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the Cape Peninsula 

University of Technology (formerly Cape Technikon) and a MSc in Geographical Information Science from 

Birkbeck, University of London. He is currently a PhD researcher at Birkbeck and his research interests 

include the study of urban complexity through the application of geosimulation. As a former Integrated 

Development Planning officer for the local council in Cape Town, Cobus is focussing on the city of Cape 

Town as a case study area for his research. Further interests include a study of the emergence and evolution 

of global cities and studying the dynamics of ancient cities and civilisations. He is also a member of the 

Institution of Environmental Sciences and a chartered scientist with the UK Science Council. 

VANN, Jonathan 

I work for the Environment Agency in Nottingham as a technical specialist in flood risk management. My role 

involves providing technical guidance to planning authorities and other partners in relation to new 

developments and determining permissions for works affecting watercourses such as new bridges, flood 

alleviation and hydropower schemes. I am involved in the programming and design of new flood alleviation 

schemes and partnership projects with local authorities to reduce flood risk and improve the quality of our 

rivers. 

VANNET, Valerie 

Valerie is Head of Geography at the High School of Dundee. She contributes regularly to the conferences of 

the Geographical Association and the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers, and is the author of 

several blogs (written for the pupils at her school and beyond). Valerie has authored materials and does 


consultancy work for a variety of providers including the Scottish Qualifications Authority and BBC Scotland. 

In 2007 she was awarded the Ordnance Survey award for excellence in teaching by the RGS-IBG. 

VESCOVI, Fabio 

Fabio Domenico Vescovi is a Remote Sensing Consultant with lnfoterra Ltd. An agronomist by background, 

he has specialised in space applications to land mapping, agriculture, water management and precision 

farming, with a particular focus on African environments, where he carried out surveys and tutorial activities 

for local students. He has developed his career in Geographic research institutions and private companies, 

spending some years in Italy, Germany and currently, the UK. He studied and applied the Earth Observation 

(EO) techniques for vegetation mapping and water resource monitoring in Kenya (1999) and in the Volta 

Basin (2000-02, Ghana and Burkina Faso). He was also engaged in developing commercial EO-based 

services for the hydropower companies in Europe (2004-08). Currently working at technical-management 

level, his typical topics are the EO data applications for land use/cover change, water resource management 

in arid lands and precision farming. He is also developing some tutorial activities for the Geography Dept. of 

Nairobi University. 

VOGIATZAKIS, Ioannis 

Ioannis is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) in the School 

of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading. He has lectured extensively at Reading, 

Greece and Italy on Biogeography and GIS. His research interests include plant ecology and biogeography of 

Mediterranean islands and mountains, the application of GIS and remote sensing for vegetation and habitat 

modelling; landscape ecology and landscape character assessment. He has been consultant to UNEP on 

Mediterranean Landscape Management and UNIDO on GIS and Remote Sensing and he is the chief editor of 

"Mediterranean Island Landscapes: natural and cultural approaches" by Springer publishing 

WAIN, Peter 

Peter is GIS Manager in Kent and is Chair of the Kent GIS Group whose current membership includes all 

local authorities in Kent, Kent Police, Kent Fire and the NHS. He has been a Fellow of the Royal 

Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) and Member of the Association of Geographic Information (AGI) since his 

BSc (Hons) Geography Degree from Loughborough University in 1999. Peter has a personal website: 

http://www.KentGIS.co.uk. Connect with Peter on LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/PeterWain or follow him 

on Twitter: @KentGIS. 

WAKEFORD, David 

David has been a key member of the team responsible for the creation and development of the States of 

Guernsey Digital Mapping Service since its inception in 1996. He designed the digital mapping datasets for 

the Guernsey Bailiwick Islands and was responsible for its implementation, maintenance, and further 

developments. As manager of the Guernsey 'Digimap' his responsibilities include, maintenance of the existing 

mapping, GIS and GNSS, ensuring all new real world features are surveyed and entered into the GIS 

database, maintaining the corporate address data products, procuring aerial photography, business continuity 

of the IT systems, staff training, departmental procedures, and future developments and enhancements. All 

data products are provided through a commercial business partner, with annual licence fees ensuring that the 

mapping service is a net contributor to States of Guernsey Treasury revenues. In 2008 the States of 

Guernsey introduced a property tax system entirely based on their GIS and is now planning to introduce a 

state of art Land Registry. David has aimed to develop systems and data products that enable true corporate 

data sharing across both business and government GIS user communities. This commitment to developing 

the 'big picture' GIS has been very successful and the team has won a number of awards for their approach, 

the most recent being the 2010 AGI award for Innovation and Best Practice (Central Government) award. 

Other awards include a Special Achievement in GIS, which was presented by Jack Dangermond at the 2003 

ESRI International User Conference in San Diego. 

WALFORD, Nigel 

Nigel is Professor of Applied GIS in the School of Earth Sciences and Geography at University of Kingston. 

Nigel has a BA (Hons) from University of Sussex, a PhD from University of London and is a Fellow of the 

Higher Education Academy. Nigel’s teaching and research interests include geodemographics, data and 

statistical analysis, land use and planning, geographical information systems, agricultural and rural 

geography. Current research projects relate to the application of geographical information systems to 

developing mobile GI tools to help older people navigate around unfamiliar spaces and to improving analysis 

and mapping of British population census statistics over time. Nigel is Treasurer of the Council of British 

Geography and British Association Recorder for the Geography Section. 


WALKER, Adrian 

I have been employed within a Local Authority since 1985 where I immediately began working with Ordnance 

Survey data and creating bespoke mapping. I began my first formal training in Geographical Information 

System (G.I.S.) in 1996, which lead to the successful completion of an MSc in GIS in 2008, this alongside 

extensive experience of using GIS within a Local Authority has provided me with knowledge/experience of the 

issue/problems associated with Local Authority projects. I’m currently the Authority Liaison Officer (ALO) who 

is responsible for all mapping data supplied by the Mapping Services Agreement to the Authority. Additionally 

I’m joint ALO chair of the Yorkshire and Humberside G.O.R. Authority Liaison Group. My role throughout my 

career has been as an 'enabler', recent GIS projects include developing within a core group of staff including 

IBM/SERCO the Local Authorities Corporate GIS ICT infrastructure, developing a Decriminalised Parking 

Application with ERSI UK in 2008/09, worked with a select number of Local Authorities, IDeA (LGIH) and 

consultants on the creation of national standards for the creation of Basic Land and Property Unit Polygons, 

the successful implementation of an LLPG, including bespoke development of 3rd party software, being one 

of the first Local Authorities to capture all historical land use pertinent to Part IIA Environmental Protection Act 

for the entire district at all Ordnance Survey scales and managing a multitude of data capture projects for the 

Planning/Building Control, Land Charges and Highways. Finally I take a proactive lead for the Planning 

Service on the management and organisation of geographically based information and systems. Provide high 

quality mapping and spatial data analysis. Design and develop Geographical Information System 

applications. Lead on procuring the services of consultants/contractors and managing contracts. 

WALKER, Robert 

Rob is a mathematician by training, holding an MA, MSc and PhD, and also being a Chartered 

Mathematician. He became involved in mapping in 1974 through work at the Meteorological Office where he 

wrote software to plot weather observations on maps. Since the early 1980s he has been involved in digital 

mapping, particularly for the utilities. After nearly twenty years of employment in the GI sector, he became an 

independent consultant and now works primarily on strategic studies and business and data analysis. Rob is 

heavily involved in Standards for geographic information, participating in the work of the International 

Standards Committee for GI, ISO/TC 211, and is Chairman of the corresponding European committee, 

CEN/TC 287. He has also been heavily involved in the AGI, being a long-time member of the Council, and in 

2008 Chairman. 

WALKER, Stephen 

Stephen was formerly the head of the geography department at the Holgate School, Nottinghamshire. He is 

currently the Environmental Co-ordinator at the school. He also works as a PGCE Tutor in Geography for the 

Open University. Stephen has a BA (Dual Hons) in Geology and Geography, a PGCE in Geography, Geology 

and History, a MEd (Educational Studies) and MSc (Environmental Decision Making). Stephen has had work 

published and has developed a school intranet site. He is a member of the Geographical Association 

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) committee. His research interests are in the application of GIS 

in schools and the development of 'Learning for Sustainability' in schools 

WALLACE, Stuart 

Stuart is currently a Senior Analyst and Team Leader at JBA Consulting where he has worked since 2002. 

Projects that he has been involved in over recent years include: developing a Flood Warning Database for 

Network Rail, the inspection, analysis and reporting of over 1,950km of drainage channels and structures for 

the Shire Group of Internal Drainage Boards, a classification of public rights of way for Yorkshire Dales 

National Park Authority, and developing an agricultural database application for Snowdonia National Park 

Authority. Stuart has a BSc in Geography from the University of Hull and an MSc in Spatial Information 

Technology from the University of Durham. He is a member of both the British Computer Society and the 

Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management. 

WALLING, Desmond 

Des is Reardon Smith Professor of Geography at Exeter University. He has a BA (Hons) in Geography and 

PhD in Geography (Hydrology), from the University of Exeter. Des’ research interests include land erosion 

and the suspended sediment loads of rivers, global patterns of erosion and sediment yield and their response 

to environmental change, catchment studies focusing on establishing sediment budgets and quantifying 

sediment sources, sinks and outputs. Des is a co-coordinator of the IGBP-PAGES LUCIFS project, a member 

of the UK National Committee for the IGBP and a member of the Steering Committee of the recently 

launched NERC LOCAR Community Research Programme. Des has published 22 books and more than 320 

scientific papers. 

WANI, Imran 

lmran has over ten years of experience in GIS and worked in broad range of GIS based modelling and 

development projects, where he has been involved in planning and managing the spatial data for 


environmental projects, setting up geo-databases, spatial analysis, groundwater assessment studies, 

assessment of hazards, developing environmental model and providing GIS mapping support and on-job GIS 

training to Staff. lmran has degree in MSc Computer Sciences and degree in MSc Geographic Information 

Systems (GIS) with Remote Sensing. He has worked for many natural resource management projects for 

public and private sectors in UK and overseas. He is currently working as GIS and Data Management 

Specialist in Mouchel Plc. While providing GIS technical inputs and assistance to various Highways Agency, 

Road Services and Environment Agency schemes lmran also encouraging and training a team of Hydrogeologists 

and Geotechnical engineers for best use of GIS for storing and managing large amount of 

geotechnical, groundwater and environmental data sets for their projects. The key projects he has been 

involved in include, AS Western Transport Corridor Northern Ireland, Rhondda/Wyndham areas rising 

minewaters studies, A30 Five Miles Hills, and Khalifa Port Abu Dhabi. 

WARE, Ruth 

Ruth is Faculty Leader for Creative Environment at Bishop Justus C of E School in Bromley, Kent where she 

originally set up and managed the Geography Department from scratch. She led the Department to success 

in gaining the Geography Quality Mark Centre of Excellence Gold award in 2011. In 2009, the Geography 

Department achieved a Bradfords Award for innovation in Geography Teaching. She has presented a range 

of inset for teachers and trainees in the Borough as part of the Bromley Geography Project Chartered 

Geographer (Teacher) scheme including ecosystems fieldwork techniques and Aegis. Ruth is committed to 

outdoor learning both home and abroad and has worked with Kench Hill Education Centre, China People 

Promotions, Plan Ed, Bromley Rangers, The Wildlife and Wetlands Trust, The Commonwork Organic Trust, 

Hadlow College, Medway Council, Thames Water, Kew Gardens, the Kent Wildlife Trust, The London 

Docklands Museum and Environment Agency. She is involved in ITT and provides inset for NQT’s and PGCE 

students from Christchurch Canterbury. In 2011 Ruth was awarded the Ordnance Survey award for 

excellence in teaching by the RGS-IBG. 

WARR, Tim 

Tim is currently working as a Geospatial Architect for Ordnance Survey, responsible for designing and 

implementing infrastructures for the management of geographical data. Before joining OS in 2004, Tim 

worked in various GIS positions for organisations such as the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and the 

Warwickshire Habitat Biodiversity Audit. Tim is also a member of the AGI Technical Special Interest Group 

which promotes the application of GIS. 

WATSON, Allan 

Allan is a lecturer in Human Geography at Staffordshire University. His main research interests are in urban 

cultural and economic geographies and global cities, centred on the cultural and creative economy. He is 

especially interested in culturally creative clusters and their knowledge networks; the spaces of cultural 

creativity within cities; creative labour; and the role of cultural and creative industries in the competiveness 

and sustainability of cities. He has a BSc in Geography and an MSc in Global Transformations both from 

Loughborough University, and is currently studying part-time for a PhD, also at Loughborough University. 

Allan is a research fellow of the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network. 

WATT, David 

David has been a geospatial analyst working at the Defence Geographic Centre, Ministry of Defence since 

1986. He specialises in geographic analysis, initially operational research into the content and quality of 

civilian and military topographic mapping and then geographic data collection, initially over the British Isles 

then Asia Pacific regions. He now heads a team of six in the Africa, Middle East & Antarctica region of the 

MOD Geospatial Library. David has a BA (Hons) in Geography from Newcastle Polytechnic and Diploma in 

Cartography from University of Glasgow. David has been active in the British Cartographic Society since 

1987, participating in Map Curator and Historical Military Mapping Group events and has been a Council 

member since 1997. He joined the Charles Close Society for the study of Ordnance Survey mapping in 1986 

and was its Publications Manager between 1991 and 1997. He also has an interest in cartographic ephemera 

and the Soviet Cold War mapping of the United Kingdom. 

WHARTON, Geraldene 

Geraldene is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. She has a BSc 

in Geography from Sheffield and a PhD from Southampton and her research interests since 2002 have 

focused on a NERC-funded project LOCAR (Lowland Catchment Research Thematic Programme). 

Geraldene has an extensive publications list and has advanced geographical knowledge by giving sixth form 

lectures on river process and river management. In addition to be Secretary of the Geography Section of the 

British Association for Advancement of Science (1993-1998), Geraldene was Honorary Secretary (Education) 

of the RGS-IBG and served on the RGS-IBG.TTA Steering Committee; and since 2000, Geraldene has been 

Director of the River Restoration Centre (RRC). 


WHITE, Catherine 

Catherine is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne. She 

has a BA from the University of Liverpool, a MLitt from the University of Northumbria and a MPhil from the 

University of Northumbria. She has a PGCE and taught for ten years in two secondary schools in South 

Tyneside. She has been active in the Tyne and Wear branch of the Geographical Association since 2002 and 

was elected Chair in 2011. She has organised conferences since 2009 aiming to engage pupils from 10-18 

with geography. She organises a series of lectures based on A Level syllabuses to provide additional case 

studies for these examinations. She has enabled 30 Geography Ambassadors to be trained in 2009, 2010 

and 2012. They assist with the A Level marking workshops, the GA conference and with STEM funded 

fieldwork. Catherine has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British 

Geographers) since 1994. She is interested in how students learn from fieldwork and has given papers on 

this topic at the RGS-IBG conference in 2011 and at the AAG in 2012. In her RGS-IBG papers she 

discussed her use of podcasting and flipcams in fieldwork. In her AAG paper in 20102 she showed how the 

student voice could be heard through the use of reflective diaries and open ended questions in 

questionnaires. 

WHITE, Karen 

Karen is a Principal Environmental Consultant with Royal Haskoning and has focused her 15 year career on 

the applied nature of physical geography. Karen has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geography 

from the University of Melbourne and her expertise is broad, ranging from providing geomorphological advice 

on flood alleviation, bank stability, sedimentation and water abstraction issues to developing Water 

Framework Directive (WFD) hydromorphology guidance and creating bioengineering designs for river banks. 

Her strength is in integrating environmental science into engineering design based on her technical 

background in freshwater science, geomorphology, hydrology and river restoration. She has designed and 

advised on over 60 river restoration and enhancement schemes throughout the UK and Australia and has 

also worked on a number of overseas EIA projects in Europe, Australia, Liberia and Kenya. Karen is an 

associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), a member of the 

River Restoration Centre and a member of the British Society for Geomorphology and the International 

Association of Geomorphologists. 

WHITE, Matthew 

Since 1996, Matthew has held various posts in the GIS field and is currently employed by the Ordnance 

Survey as a Market Development Manager, responsible for advancing the use of geographic information for 

analytics in new markets. He is a very self-motivated person who thrives on new opportunities and 

challenges. He is committed to developing business awareness about the importance of geography and using 

geographic information as a tool in the corporate world. He is an elected committee officer for the Association 

for Geographic Information’s System and Service Providers Special Interest Group (SIG). As membership 

secretary, Matthew has led on the strategic direction and vision for the SIG, working closely with other 

committee officers and professionals across the geographic information industry. 

WHITEHEAD, Daniel 

Daniel is an environmental analyst for the State of New York, Department for Environmental Conservation. 

His primary tasks include project management for the environmental review of large scale projects, GIS 

training for staff and GIS support for visual impact assessments. Before taking on this role, Daniel worked as 

the Director of GIS for a landscape architecture company and he also spent ten years working as a 

geography teacher in London. He has a BA in humanities from Wolverhampton Polytechnic, a PGCE in 

geography education from Goldsmith's and an MA in geography. 

WHITEHEAD, Peter 

Peter is Principal Consultant with responsibility for dredging and process assessment for ABP Marine 

Environmental Research Limited (ABPmer), Southampton. Peter has a BSc (Hons) in Geography from 

University of London and is a chartered water and environmental manager (MCIWEM). Peter is responsible 

for management and undertaking of design and environmental studies with emphasis on dredging, 

navigation, hydrodynamic, geomorphic and sedimentation assessment. Peter continues to develop his work 

through attendance and presentation at courses and seminars along with in house research. 

WHITEHOUSE, Richard 

Richard is a Technical Director in the Coasts and Estuaries Group at HR Wallingford Ltd working on marine 

sediment transport and the geomorphology of coastal/estuary/offshore areas. He is responsible for UK, 

European and international project work including consultancy and research on the interaction of marine 

structures with the seabed and scour in the marine environment. Richard has a BSc (Hons) in Geography 

and PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. He publishes papers in conference proceedings and 


journals and has written two books for the Department of Environment Transport Regions (Scour at Marine 

Structures and Dynamics of Estuarine Muds). 

WILLCOX, Hannah 

Hannah is currently a geography teacher at Rookwood School in Hampshire. Hannah has planned extensive 

fieldwork opportunities for her students, and is an active participant in whole school and departmental inset 

sessions. She has reviewed and revised her department’s schemes of work, and has liaised with other local 

schools to share resources. She has attended courses run by Ordnance Survey and Southampton University 

and is also an examiner. At her previous school, Hannah worked with teachers in a local network, and also 

organised a trip to Kenya for her students. 

WILLIAMS, Neil 

Dr Neil Williams is a Senior Consultant for Fluvial Geomorphology and Flood Risk at URS engineering 

consultants. Neil is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Chartered Geographer (Geomorph). 

Neil’s principal expertise are river and catchment processes, channel form and function, fine sediment 

erosion, transport and deposition, flow hydraulics, flood risk assessment, and implementation of the Water 

Framework Directive. In over ten years of post-Masters experience he has worked with Local Authorities, 

water companies, developers, regulators and academics, in a broad range of catchment environments across 

the UK and overseas, bringing international experience to local projects. Neil has previously held two 

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Geography and Environmental Sciences, in the UK and in Canada. He 

retains active collaborative linkages in the research of channel form, particle dynamics, cohesive sediment 

transport, and the source, distribution and fate of nutrients and contaminants. To support this, he has 

contributed to the development of in situ laser techniques for monitoring sediment transport, and genetic 

fingerprinting techniques to trace the sources of sediment organics / nutrients, and analyse the roles of living 

microbial sediment content in particle flocculation and sediment transport or deposition. Neil is a regular 

invited peer reviewer of submissions to major international journals, including research from the UK, USA, 

Canada, Brazil, India and China, and he has a series of publications on physical processes and sediment 

dynamics in river systems. 

WILLS, Matt 

Matt has over 10 years' experience working with Geospatial Datasets and Systems and is currently Senior 

GIS Analyst with Britain's largest provider of land and property search information, Landmark Information 

Group. Matt has worked with mapping and geospatial datasets from a range of public and private sector 

bodies and is familiar with the issues that must be overcome in order to offer accurate, up to date and 

innovative products to a commercial audience of GIS professionals and non-technical end users. As well as 

evaluating new datasets and understanding the technical requirements necessary to implement them, Matt 

also plays a key role in developing and promoting solutions to the business that increase the range of 

products that Landmark Information Group are able to offer. Over the years Matt has also been involved with 

a wide range of spatial data capture and classification projects, and has intimate knowledge of current and 

historic Ordnance Survey mapping and data products. Matt's current area of interest lies with data translation 

and GIS/CAD interoperability, as new ways are sought to provide GIS mapping, services and products to 

users outside of the traditional Gl community. Examples of this include the development of a range of 

products to increase access to the Environment Agency's Digital Elevation Models, as well as offering 

Ordnance Survey vector mapping in ready to use packages for CAD users. 

WILLY, Tessa 

Tessa was the Education Visits Co-Ordinator for Langford Primary School, London where she was also the 

Humanities Co-ordinator, a Year 6 Class Teacher and member of the senior management team. She 

previously worked as head of Junior Outdoor Education at Ibstock Place School, Roehampton where she was 

responsible for setting up extra-curricular activites, adventure weeks and overseeing all school visits and 

residential field trips. She has also worked as a Geography teacher in secondary education, as a resident 

tutor in an environmental field centre, and overseas in Malawi. Tessa currently works as a Primary ITT 

Trainer at Roehampton University. 

WILSON, Alan 

Sir Alan Wilson FBA FRS graduated in Mathematics from Cambridge but converted to the social sciences 

through research on cities. He is best known for his pioneering work on spatial interaction methods and 

dynamical systems theory in transportation and urban modelling. His academic career was as Professor of 

Urban and Regional Geography at the University of Leeds in 1970 and was also the university's Vice- 

Chancellor from 1991 to 2004. From 2004-2006, Alan was the Director-General for Higher Education in the 

Department for Education and Skills. He is now Professor of Urban and Regional Systems in the Centre for 

Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London. He was elected as FBA in 1994, AcSS in 2000 and 

FRS in 2006. He was knighted for services to higher education in 2001. He has honorary doctorates from the 


Pennsylvania State University (2002), Bradford, Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan Universities (2004) and 

Teesside University (2006) and honorary Fellowships from University College London (2003) and Corpus 

Christi College, Cambridge (2004). 

WITHERS, Charles 

Charles is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He has degrees from the 

University of St Andrews and from the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of the British Academy, the 

Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Historical Society, an Academician of the Learned Societies for the 

Social Sciences and a member of the European Academy. His main research focuses on the historical 

geographies of science and of geographical knowledge, mainly in the Enlightenment, on the history of 

mapping and on the cultural geography of Gaelic Scotland. He has published extensively in these fields. 

WOOD, Peter 

Peter Wood obtained his BSc and PhD from the University of Birmingham. He is Professor of Geography at 

University College London, and was its Head between 1997 and 2002. He has held a number of other 

positions at UCL, including responsibilities for student recruitment, schools liaison and student welfare. His 

long-term research interests have been in manufacturing change and regional development, but his primary 

focus now is on the service sector, especially the growth of producer and business services. Research 

projects supported by the ESRC and the European Commission have included investigations into the growth 

of business services in England and Scotland; the regional conditions influencing their expansion to overseas 

markets; their role in providing clients with technical and managerial expertise and its regional implications; 

and the impacts of the use of business consultancies on client innovation. This work has extended to studies 

of the qualities that support economically successful cities in globalizing, service based economies. 

WOODHEAD, Sylvia 

Sylvia was formerly a Senior Lecturer in human geography at Edge Hill University. Sylvia has a BSc (Hons) 

from the University of Leeds and an Advanced Diploma of Educational Management from the Open 

University. For many years Sylvia had an interest in developing innovative student assessments through 

group discussions and peer assessment, and had research interests in sustainability, environmental policy, 

heritage and countryside issues. Since retiring in 2005 Sylvia has used her geographical skills in a number of 

planning activities. These have included researching and writing a Community Plan for a Cumbrian parish, 

writing booklets of the geology of some Lakeland quarries, and membership of Cumbria Local Access Forum. 

Through consultation work with the latter she is advising organisations such as Natural England on strategies 

for implementation of coastal access. 

WOOLLISCROFT, Justin 

Justin is Programme Director for Secondary PGCE at the University of Hull and also runs the PGCE 

Secondary Geography course, teaching also on the Primary PGCE geography programme. Through the 

Action Plan for Geography, from 2007-11, Justin managed the Secondary Geography Quality Mark for the 

Geographical Association and remains heavily involved. For twenty-five years prior to this he had been 

Curriculum Leader for Geography at an 11-18 high school in Staffordshire. Justin also works as an Education 

Consultant and INSET trainer and has done recent work with the Geographical Association, OCR, Oxford 

University Press, Hodder and Stoughton, Heinemann and Lighthouse Professional Development. Justin is 

Chief Examiner and Principal Moderator for an innovative GCSE Geography specification and also is a 

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. 

WORSLEY, Ann 

Ann is a Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University. Ann has a BA in Geography and a PhD in Palaeoecology 

both from University of Liverpool. Ann’s research interests include environmental change in Mid-Wales, 

pollution histories and patterns of disease from various sites in Merseyside, Sediments and recent 

environmental change at the Sefton Coast and palaeoecological change at Formby. Ann is also currently the 

Chair of the Education and Research Task group of the Sefton Coastal Partnership and has recently 

organised two 6th Form conference on coastal issues. 

WORSMAN, Robin 

Robin completed a PGDE in Geography in 2009 and is currently teaching at Banchory Academy, 

Aberdeenshire. During 2009 she also continued to work as an environmental consultant and delivered 

lectures at the University of Aberdeen's Department of Geography and Environment. Robin uses her previous 

experience of working as a lecturer in aquatic ecology, a hydrologist, hydro-geologist, and project 

management in sustainable housing, to enhance her teaching of geography. She has contributed to a 

number of onshore wind farm environmental impact assessments; hydrological reports for SNH, quarry 

owners and housing developers. 


WRIGHT, Philip 

Philip works at Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire, having previously worked as a teacher of environmental 

education for the Peak District National Park. He was also previously a secondary geography teacher and 

head of house at Portsmouth Grammar School. Philip has a BA in Geography from University of Cambridge, 

a PGCE in Geography from University of Hull, an MA in Geography from University of Cambridge and a PhD 

in Geography from University of Southampton. In addition to his teaching Philip has devised schemes of 

work, attended residential conferences and been involved with the development of teaching resources and 

new methods of assessment such as the Decision Making Exercise, improvement of ICT skills and other 

INSET work. Philip advises on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award for Portsmouth Grammar School and is an 

accredited wild country assessor in the expeditions section. 

WRIGHT, Malcolm 

Malcolm became a part time regional coordinator for the GA and cfbt in September 2007 working on the 

implementation of the then new KS3 geography curriculum. He gave a workshop on globalization at the SE 

regional conference at Gatwick in 2008. Since then he has been a consultant for the GA with the Kent 

coastline and Thames gateway issues as special areas of interest. As well he has worked in several local 

schools where there has been a need to fill geography positions including several short term covering as 

Head of Department or Head of Faculty and in positions where his advice has been sought to raise the profile 

/standards prior to Ofsted inspections including in underperforming schools. He is a local parish Councillor 

working on amongst others the planning and environmental committees. He has given talks to local 

organisations and last summer to the general public in the local library about the local geography and history 

of his area. He is a published author with a new local history of where he lives due out later this year. 

WYNN, Michael 

Michael retired in August 2005. Prior to this, he was an Advanced Skills Teacher at Driffield School in 

Yorkshire. He has a degree in Geography from University of Hull as well as a Certificate in Environmental 

Science and Management. For many years, Michael worked with a number of examination boards and has 

been widely involved with CPD and Key Skills meetings since 2000. In 2001 he was awarded a professional 

bursary which he used to undertake a study tour of Jordan. Michael was appointed as an AST in 2003 and 

has been involved with a DFES project about Study Support as part of his outreach work in 2003-4. Most 

recently his outreach work focussed on the position of geography and history at KS2 with a view to improving 

the transition from primary to secondary school. In retirement, Michael is taking the opportunity to share his 

research findings and professional knowledge more widely by writing articles for a variety of publications, to 

travel more extensively and promoter his book. Further articles and another book are planned for the future. 

YOUNG, Helen 

Helen is a geography teacher at The Friary School in Lichfield, Staffs. Prior to this she has taught at Park Hall 

School in Solihull, St Mary Redcliffe & Temple School in Bristol and Writhlington School in Bath & N E 

Somerset. Helen has held an assortment of roles including Head of Geography, Second in Geography, 

Geography Outreach Leader and Gifted and Talented Coordinator. She has vast experience of carrying out 

fieldwork and she has provided outreach to geographers across the country on matters such as coaching 

staff to produce better resources, improving assessment systems, Gifted and Talented, ICT and GIS. Helen is 

also a freelance geography advisor to the BBC and she authors and reviews software for Boardworks. Her 

website can be found at www.geographygeek.co.uk. In 2011, Helen authored a textbook called Success With 

AEGIS 3 Basic Kit. 

ZMUDA, Andrew 

Andrew is a Remote Sensing and GIS Scientist with over twenty years of experience in the use of airborne 

and satellite optical, SAR, and InSAR data and GIS for land applications. He currently works for Serco S.p.A. 

in Rome as a senior remote sensing application specialist and has previously worked for QinetiQ, Remote 

Sensing Applications Consultants Ltd, and Hunting Technical Services Ltd. Andrew has a BSc in Geology 

and Physical Geography from the University of Sheffield, and a MSc and PhD in Remote Sensing both from 

Cranfield University.

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